Background
Erhard Bodenschatz was born in 1570 in Lichtenberg, German.
Erhard Bodenschatz was born in 1570 in Lichtenberg, German.
He published valuable collections:"Florilegium Portense" (Leipzig, 1603 and 1618), containing 115 motets ; ditto (2nd part, Leipzig, 1621) containing 150 motets, all by contemporaries. Also he published " Florilegium sanctissimorum hymnorum " for schools ( 1606 ; last edition,1721). His own compositions are less interesting.