| LC control no. | no2024130535 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Praetorius, Jacob, approximately 1530-1586 |
| Variant(s) | Prätorius, Jacob, approximately 1530-1586 Praetorius, Jakob, approximately 1530-1586 Praetorius, Jacob, der Ältere, approximately 1530-1586 Praetorius, Jacob, I, approximately 1530-1586 Praetorius, Jacob, the Elder, approximately 1530-1586 |
| Biography/History note | German organist, copyist, and composer. He probably studied under Martin Agricola in Magdeburg, then from 1555 until his death he was the organist and church-composer at two churches in Hamburg. He published a number of collections of choral works and musical works by Dutch and German composers. His only known composition is a Te Deum for four voices. He was the father of Hieronymus Praetorius and the grandfather of Jacob Praetorius, II, both also composers. |
| Associated country | Germany |
| Birth date | 1530~ |
| Death date | 1586 |
| Place of birth | Magdeburg (Germany) |
| Place of death | Hamburg (Germany) |
| Profession or occupation | Composers Organists |
| Found in | 49166.5R (Universitätsbibliothek Rostock, Mus. saec. XVI.49 (5)) (microfilm via HMML), viewed on November 25, 2024 (Sacred vocal music; Praetorius, Jacob, approximately 1520-1586) <https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/70769> Gable, "Praetorius, Jacob (i)," Grove Music Online, 2001, viewed on February 23, 2024 (b Magdeburg, c1530; d Hamburg, 1586; German organist, copyist, and composer; maybe studied with Martin Agricola at Magdeburg; converted to Protestantism, moved to Hamburg; at the Jacobikirche and the chapel of St Gertrud in Hamburg (1550 clerk, 1554 assistant organist, 1558 first organist); compiled set of liturgical chants and German chorale melodies (1554); copied collection of sacred works (1566); his only known composition, a Te Deum for four voices) <https://doi.org/10.1093/omo/9781561592630.013.90000380373> "Praetorius, Jacob," CERL Thesaurus (online), viewed on February 23, 2024 (ca. 1520-1586; Komponist; Organist; Deutschland; variants: Praetorius, Jakob; Praetorius, Jacob, der Ältere; Prätorius, Jacob) <https://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp01425748> |
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