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Michael Praetorius
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1571
- Active to
- 1621
Discography
- Dances From Terpsichore1976
- Terpsichore 1612: Dances / Motets from Musae Sioniae and other collections1985
- Christmas Music by Michael Praetorius1986
- Dances from Terpsichore, 16121986
- Weihnachtliche Chormusik1989
- Magnificat / Aus tiefer Not / Der Tag vertreibt / Venite Exultemus / Maria Magdalena / Peccave Fateor / Der CXVI. Psalm Davids1992
- Christmas Music1993
- Praetorius: Excerpts from Terpsichore1993
- Christmette1994
- Mass for Christmas Morning1994
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Michael Praetorius (probably 15th February 1571–15th February 1621) was a German composer, organist, and writer on music. He was one of the most versatile composers of his age, being particularly significant in the development of musical forms based on Protestant hymns. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Michael+Praetorius">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Key facts
- Born
- 28 September 1571 (most likely), Creuzburg
- Died
- 15 February 1621 (1621-02-15) (aged 49), Wolfenbüttel
- Burial place
- Marienkirche, Wolfenbüttel
- Occupations
- Composer organist music theorist
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brunswick-Lüneburg
- Place of birth
- Creuzburg
- Place of death
- Wolfenbüttel
- Occupation
- teacher
- Position held
- chapelmaster
- Educated at
- University of Frankfurt an der Oder
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Student of
- Giovanni Gabrieli
- Movement
- Baroque music
- Instrument
- organ
- Image
- Michael Praetorius.jpg
- Work location
- Dresden
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- Commons category
- Michael Praetorius
- date of birth
- 1571-00-00
- date of death
- 1621-02-15
- place of burial
- Wolfenbüttel
- Commons Creator page
- Michael Praetorius
- start of work period
- 1600-00-00
- ethnic group
- Germans
- P8168
- Adrie van der Poel
Sources (2)
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Works in European collections
11 objects attributed to Michael Praetorius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
![It’s a Ros' sprung up/[Michael Pretorius]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F010280%2Ffon_snp_a_010280_02.jpg&type=IMAGE)
It’s a Ros' sprung up/[Michael Pretorius]
Also includes: Psallite/M. Pretorius (further template title)
Enthält außerdem: Es ist ein Reis' entsprungen / Praetorius (weiterer Vorlagentitel)
Es ist ein Reis' entsprungen : Weihnachtslied / (Prätorius)
It’s a Ros' to emerge
![It is a Ros' sprung up/[M. Pretorius]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F002233%2Ffon_snp_a_002233_02.jpg&type=IMAGE)
It is a Ros' sprung up/[M. Pretorius]
![It is a Ros' sprung up/[M. Pretorius]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F017871%2Ffon_snp_a_017871_02.jpg&type=IMAGE)
It is a Ros' sprung up/[M. Pretorius]
![Syntagma musicum : ex Veterum & Recentiorum Ecclesiasticorum autorum lectione, Polyhistorum consignatione, Variarum linguarum notatione, Hodierni seculi usurpatione, ipsius denique Musicae artis observatione: In Cantorum, Organistarum, Organopoeorum, caeterorumq[ue] Musicam scientiam ... collectum ...](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.ub.uni-freiburg.de%2FdiglitData%2Fimage%2Fpraetorius1614%2F3%2F001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Syntagma musicum : ex Veterum & Recentiorum Ecclesiasticorum autorum lectione, Polyhistorum consignatione, Variarum linguarum notatione, Hodierni seculi usurpatione, ipsius denique Musicae artis observatione: In Cantorum, Organistarum, Organopoeorum, caeterorumq[ue] Musicam scientiam ... collectum ...
Musicalisch Figurierte Melodien aller unnd jeder gebräuchigen Kirchen-Gesäng/ Psalmen und Geistlichen Lieder : Mit vier Musicalischen Stimmen von berühmbten Autoribus Musicis ... Mehrertheils von newem componirt Und In solcher Art zusammen getragen/ daß der Discant in allem das Choral führet
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Encyclopedic overview
Michael Praetorius (probably 28 September 1571 – 15 February 1621) was a German composer, organist, and music theorist. He was one of the most versatile composers of his age, being particularly significant in the development of musical forms based on Protestant hymns.
Life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michael Praetorius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.