Born: 1696, Switzerland, or 1715, Bavaria.

Died: June 4, 1772.

Spiess taught mu­sic at the Gym­na­si­um in Hei­del­berg, Ger­ma­ny, and played the or­gan at St. Pe­ter’s Church and (1746-1772) at Berne Ca­thed­ral. His works in­clude:

• Da­vids Harpf­fen-Spiel, 1745
• Geistliche Arien, 1761
• Musikalische Bi­bel-An­dacht­en, 1762

Sources

Music

1. Swabia