Michael Praetorius.

Michael Praetorius (probably February 15, 1571 – February 15, 1621) was a German composer, organist, and writer about 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. michael praetorius, from contemporary manuscript File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 11 - Austrian nobility is granted Freedom of religion. ... is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1621 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Organ in Katharinenkirche, Frankfurt am Main, Germany The organ is a keyboard instrument played using one or more manuals and a pedalboard. ... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... Reformation redirects here. ... For other uses, see Hymn (disambiguation). ...

Life

He was born Michael Schultze, the youngest son of a Lutheran pastor, in Creuzburg, Germany. He studied divinity in Torgau, Frankfurt (Oder) and Zerbst. He served as organist at the Marienkirche in Frankfurt before working at the court in Wolfenbüttel as organist and (from 1604) as Kapellmeister. From 1613 to 1616 he worked at the Saxon court at Dresden, where he was exposed to the latest Italian music, including the polychoral works of the Venetian School. His subsequent development of the form of the chorale concerto, particularly the polychoral variety, resulted directly from his familiarity with the music of such Venetians as Giovanni Gabrieli. Michael Praetorius is entombed in a vault beneath the organ of St. Mary's Church in Wolfenbüttel, Germany. Creuzburg is a town in Germany and it belonged to the dukedom of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach from 1741 to 1920. ... Torgau is a town on the banks of the Elbe in northwestern Saxony, Germany. ... Frankfurt (Oder) ( Sorbian/Lusatian: Frankobord ) is a city in Brandenburg, Germany located on the Oder River, on the German-Polish border directly opposite the city of SÅ‚ubice. ... Template:Infobox town in Germany Zerbst is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany and the capital of the Anhalt-Zerbst district with about 16,000 inhabitants. ... Wolfenbüttel is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. ... A Kapellmeister is nowadays the director or conductor of an orchestra or choir. ... Events January - Galileo observes Neptune, but mistakes it for a star and so is not credited with its discovery. ... Year 1616 (MDCXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Location Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DED Capital Dresden Minister-President Georg Milbradt (CDU) Governing parties CDU / SPD Votes in Bundesrat 4 (from 69) Basic statistics Area  18,416 km² (7,110 sq mi) Population 4,252,000 (11/2006)[1]  - Density 231 /km... This article is about the city in Germany. ... The Venetian polychoral style was a type of music of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras which involved spatially separate choirs singing in alternation. ... San Marco in the evening. ... In music, a chorale concerto is a short sacred composition for one or more voices and instruments, principally from the very early German Baroque era. ... For other uses, see Venice (disambiguation). ... Giovanni Gabrieli Giovanni Gabrieli (c. ...

Name

His family name in German appears in various forms including Schultze, Schulte, Schultheiss, Schulz and Schulteis. Praetorius is the Latinized form of the family name.

Works

Praetorius was a tremendously prolific composer, his works showing the influence of contemporaries Samuel Scheidt and Heinrich Schütz as well as the Italians. His works include the nine volume Musae sioniae (1605-10), a collection of over a thousand chorale and song arrangements; many other works for the Lutheran church; and Terpsichore (1612), a compendium of over 300 instrumental dances, which is both his most widely-known work, as well as his sole surviving secular work. His three volume treatise Syntagma musicum (1614-20) is a detailed text on contemporary musical practices and musical instruments, and is an important document in musicology, organology and the field of authentic performance. (See Praetorius for other composers called Praetorius .) Samuel Scheidt (baptized November 3, 1587 – March 24, 1653) was a German composer, organist and teacher of the early Baroque era. ... Heinrich Schütz. ... A chorale was originally a hymn of the Lutheran church sung by the entire congregation. ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... Terpsichore, Muse of Music and Dance, oil on canvas by Jean-Marc Nattier 1739 Terpsichore holding an Aeolian harp. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making music. ... For album by Prince, see Musicology (album). ... Center For Arabic Culture (CAC) == http://www. ... The authentic performance movement is an effort on the part of musicians and scholars to perform works of classical music in ways similar to how they were performed when they were originally written. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

References

• Denis Arnold (editor), (1983), New Oxford Companion to Music, Oxford University Press. (Article by editor.)
• Stephan Perreau (1996). Liner notes to Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore. Naxos 8.553865.

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Links

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External links

• Michael Praetorius, biography on Goldberg, the Early Music Portal.
• Michael Praetorius free scores in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
• Free scores by Michael Praetorius in the Werner Icking Music Archive (WIMA)
• Michael Praetorius was listed in the International Music Score Library Project
• Michael Pratorius - facsimiles in The Royal Library, Copenhagen
• Easybyte - free easy piano music for Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
• Listen to free Vocal Evangelical Church Music by Michael Praetorius at "Early Vocal Music Map" from Umeå Akademiska Kör.