Wolfgang Grefinger, also known as Greffinger or Gräfinger (* between 1470 and 1480, probably in Krems; † after 1515) was an Austrian composer, organist and Roman Catholic clergyman of the early Renaissance.
From around 1500, Grefinger worked as an organist at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. Here he taught Luscinius, who was in Vienna from 1505, music theory and organ playing. The composer, who had meanwhile been ordained a priest, was also enrolled at the University of Vienna, but apparently did not obtain an academic degree. After 1515, Wolfgang Grefinger's trail is lost. Although a “Magister Wolffgangus” is mentioned as court organist to King Lajos II in Buda in 1525, it is completely unclear whether this was Grefinger.
Only a few works by the composer have survived. According to song scholars, his tenor songs have a special significance in music history because his polyphonic, often imitative movements represent a stylistic bridge “between the early lyrical works of Erasmus Lapicida and the more modern movements of Arnold von Bruck”.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Note: Translated from the German version of Wikipedia into English.
