Drese, Adam m/d/1620 - 02/15/1701

Adam Drese was a German conductor and composer.

He received his education at the instigation of Duke Wilhelm IV. vom Weimar at Marco Scacchi in Warsaw. In 1652, he was appointed Kapellmeister at his patron. After that, he sought a similar position at Jena and Arnstadt.

He created several works of vocal music. However, most of them are not preserved. During his time, he gained notoriety from his choral melodies after religious poems by Georg Neumark in his work "The poetic-musical Lustwäldlein".