Valentin Haussmann (c. 1560 – c. 1613–14) was a German composer, music editor and poet,[1] known from the publications of his compositions, derived from Italian and Polish models.
Little is known of Haussmann's life, and information is ascertained from the titles, prefaces and dedications of his printed works.
[2] It is thought he did not have a permanent position anywhere, but travelled throughout Germany, composing in various places works which he dedicated to princes and towns.
[3] In later years, from 1606 to 1609, he published, with German translations, villanellas by Luca Marenzio, canzonettas by Orazio Vecchi, tricinia by Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi and ballets by Thomas Morley.
From the former he took the grace and accomplished manner of expression, and combined it with the German intimacy and heartiness, and thereby achieved in this genre a perfection that we do not come across again in any composer before or after him.