Melchior Schildt (born 1592 or 1593,

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

– 18 May 1667) was a German composer and

organist An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ (music), organ. An organist may play organ repertoire, solo organ works, play with an musical ensemble, ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumentalist, instrumental ...

of the

North German Organ School The 17th century organ composers of Germany can be divided into two primary schools: the north German school and the south German school (sometimes a third school, central German, is added). The stylistic differences were dictated not only by teach ...

. He came from a long line of church musicians who had served the town of

for over 125 years. He studied with

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck ( ; April or May, 1562 – 16 October 1621) was a Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue whose work straddled the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. He was among the first major keyboard compo ...

from 1609 to 1612, and in 1629 replaced his recently deceased father as organist at the Marktkirche in Hanover, where he remained until his death.

Works

The ''Sämtliche Orgelwerke'' (Complete organ works) edited by Klaus Beckmann is published by Schott (Mainz 2003. ISMN: M 001-13431-6) as vol. 5 of the series ''Meister der norddeutschen Orgelschule.'' It contains the following: *''Herr Christ, der einig Gottessohn'' on "

Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn "" (Lord Christ, the Only Son of God) is a Lutheran hymn by Elisabeth Cruciger. Printed in 1524 in the Erfurt ''Enchiridion'', together with 18 hymns by Martin Luther, it is one of the oldest Lutheran hymns. The text combines Lutheran teaching wi ...

" *''Herzlich lieb hab' ich dich, o mein Herr'' on the hymn by Martin Schalling *Magnificat, primi modi *Praeambulum g-Moll *Praeambulum G-Dur *''Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr on the hymn by Decius

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* 1590s births 1667 deaths 17th-century classical composers German Baroque composers German male classical composers German classical organists German male organists Organists and composers in the North German tradition 17th-century male musicians Male classical organists {{organist-stub