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- Melchior Schildt Complete Organ Works
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1592
- Active to
- 1667-05-18
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Melchior Schildt (born 1592 or 1593, Hanover – 18 May 1667) was a German composer and organist of the North German Organ School. He descended from a long line of church musicians who had served the town of Hanover for over 125 years. He studied with Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck from 1609 to 1612, and in 1629 replaced his recently deceased father as organist at the Marktkirche, Hanover where he remained until his death. The Sämtliche Orgelwerke (Complete organ works) edited by Klaus Beckmann is pu
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Melchior
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Hanover
- Place of death
- Hanover
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- German
- Student of
- Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
- Movement
- Baroque music
- Instrument
- organ
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- described by source
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
- date of death
- 1667-05-22
- date of birth
- 1592-01-01
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