title: Jakob Meiland
text: # Jakob Meiland
  
  Jakob Meiland (Senftenberg, 1542-Hechingen, 31 December 1577) was a German composer. His St. Matthew Passion follows the model of Johann Walter's first Lutheran passion historia (c. 1530) but has more elaborate choral numbers.
  
  ## Works
  
  * St Matthew Passion
  * Sacrae aliquot cantiones latinae et germanicae, quinqué et quatuor vocum Frankfurt 1575
  