1554) was a former Franciscan who was baptised by Hans Hut and married.
[2] He remained in Augsburg after his release and rehabilitation, penning several German hymns.
In 1539 Augsburg's Fugger family arranged for Salminger to be granted a printer's license.
Among his editions the most notable was that in 1548, which Salminger sponsored, edited, and published the works of the Capilla Flamenca composers Cornelius Canis, Thomas Crecquillon, Nicolas Payen and Jean L'Héritier as a tribute to the Habsburg emperor Charles V - as Cantiones selectissimae quatuor vocum, ab eximiis et praestantibus caesareae maiestatis capellae musicis.
[3] This was the first time Payen had been published, and spread the reputation of Charles' chapel further across Europe.