1560
Hieronymus Praetorius, German organist and composer (died 1629)
Hieronymus Praetorius, German organist and composer (died 1629)
Hieronymus Praetorius, German organist and composer (died 1629)
Hieronymus Praetorius
German composer and organist (1560-1629)
- Born
- 1560
Hieronymus Praetorius the Elder 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.