Hieronymus Praetorius
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Vinony's link graph records 38 inbound references to Hieronymus Praetorius, and connects out to Hamburg, Germany and Cologne.
Vinony files it under 1560 births, 1629 deaths and 17th-century German classical composers.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1560
- Died
- 1629
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Polychoral motets
- Organ magnificats on the eight tones
- Gaudete omnes
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1560-08-10
- Active to
- 1629-01-27
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,394
- Total plays
- 13,750
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Hieronymus Praetorius (10 August 1560 – 27 January 1629) was a north German composer and organist of the late Renaissance and very early Baroque eras. He was not related to the much more famous Michael Praetorius, though the Praetorius family had many distinguished musicians throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. Praetorius was born in Hamburg, and spent most of his life there. He studied organ early with his father (Jacob Praetorius, also a composer), afterwards going to Cologne for further s
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hieronymus
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Hamburg
- Place of death
- Hamburg
- Child
- Jacob Praetorius
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- German
- Movement
- Baroque music
- Instrument
- organ
Show 3 more facts
- date of birth
- 1560-08-10
- date of death
- 1629-01-27
- P8168
- Adrie Visser
Sources (1)
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Works in European collections
3 objects attributed to Hieronymus Praetorius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana