Hieronymus Praetorius
Hieronymus Praetorius | |
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| Born | 10 August 1560 |
| Died | 27 January 1629 (aged 68) Hamburg, Germany |
| Occupations | Composer and organist |
| Children | Jacob Praetorius the Younger Hieronymus Praetorius the Younger Johann Praetorius |
Hieronymus Praetorius the Elder (10 August 1560 – 27 January 1629) was a Northern German composer and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque whose polychoral motets in 8 to 20 voices are intricate and vividly expressive. Some of his organ music survives in the Visby Orgel-Tabulatur, which dates from 1611. (He was not related to the prolific Michael Praetorius, known as a theorist and for Terpsichore, but the large Praetorius family tree produced many distinguished musicians during the 16th and 17th centuries.)