Johann Ulrich  Steigleder  (1593–1635) was organist at the collegiate church in Stuttgart from 1617 onwards and became court organist in  1627. His posthumous fame is based principally on his tablature book “ Ricercar  Tabulatura ”  (1624) which he himself published. The  ricercares  are  intentionally instrumentally  conceived. They  contain antiphonal effects and fauxbourdon-like  passages which are reminiscent of the English  virginalists ’  style.  Steigleder’s   tabulature  book  is an important South German contribution to the organ music  Kunstbücher  by  Titelouze  ,  Scheidt , Frescobaldi and Correa de  Arauxo  which appeared around the same time.<br>
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This edition also contains three works which have survived under the name Adam Steigleder . The editor Ulrich  Siegele is a leading international scholar of the works of the Steigleder family of musicians.<br>