Samuel Scheidt
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- Born
- 1587
- Died
- 1654
- Works
- 17
Top works
- Canzon bergamasca für fünf Stimmen
- Spielmusik. Heft 2
- Das Görlitzer Tabulaturbuch
- Spielmusik
- Werke
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Samuel Scheidt (baptized November 3, 1587 – March 24, 1653) was a German composer, organist and teacher of the early Baroque era. He was born in Halle, and after early studies there, he went to Amsterdam to study with Sweelinck, the distinguished Dutch composer, which was clearly formative on his style. On his return to Halle he became court organist, and later Kapellmeister, to the Margrave of Brandenburg. Unlike many German musicians, for example Heinrich Schütz <a href="https://www.last.fm/m
Key dates
- Born
- 4 November 1587
- Died
- 24 March 1654
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Samuel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Halle (Saale)
- Place of death
- Halle (Saale)
- Occupation
- chapelmaster
- Languages spoken
- German
- Student of
- Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
- Field of work
- music
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1587 births1654 deaths17th-century German classical composers17th-century German male musiciansComposers with IMSLP linksGerman Baroque composersGerman classical organistsGerman male classical composersGerman male classical organistsMusicians from Halle (Saale)Organists and composers in the North German traditionPupils of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck