Bartholomaeus Praetorius (1590?–1623?) was a
German
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composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
. He was born around 1590 in
Malbork
Malbork; ;
* la, Mariaeburgum, ''Mariae castrum'', ''Marianopolis'', ''Civitas Beatae Virginis''
* Kashubian: ''Malbórg''
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in the
Kingdom of Poland
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. He studied at the
University of Königsberg
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and subsequently was employed by King
Gustavus Adolphus
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in
Sweden
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. Some of his
motets
In Western classical music, a motet is mainly a vocal musical composition, of highly diverse form and style, from high medieval music to the present. The motet was one of the pre-eminent polyphonic forms of Renaissance music. According to Margare ...
and five part instrumental music has survived. He died in 1623.
References
* Newe Liebliche Paduanen und Galliarden (Berlin, 1616)
External links
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1590 births
1623 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Year of death uncertain
17th-century German composers
People from the Kingdom of Prussia
People from Malbork