Schönfelder, Jörg 1500

Jörg (Georg) Schönfelder was a composer of German polyphonic songs from the beginning of the 16th century. His biographical information remains unknown but he must have lived before 1513. Particularly during that year six of his songs were included in "Peter Schöffers Liederbuch" (editor: Peter Schöffer der Jüngere [* 1475/80; † 1547]). Some of songs were also by Egenolff (1535) and Georg Forster (1539).

The musicologist Peter Eitner (1832-1905) wrote about the works: "They are small, whimsical and lovely, intimate blossoms of ancient art which despite their simplicity, speak to the heart and sound excellent in their unaffected counterpoint. One recognizes from them quite clearly that the Protestant chorale singing once developed from them. One could confidently put a sacred text under these songs and no one would suspect what purpose they once served."