Joachim von Düben the Elder (; 22 August 1671 – 30 November 1730) was a

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Early life

Joachim von Düben was the son of

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and

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Gustaf Düben Gustaf Düben (also spelt Gustav) (; 1624/1628December 19, 1690) was a Swedish organist and composer. Early life Born into the Düben family, in the 1620s in Stockholm, Sweden, he was the son of the German-born Andreas Düben, an organist, and ...

and Emerentia Standaert, he was a grandson of the German-born Baroque composer Andreas Düben, and brother of

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, Gustaf and

Anders von Düben the Younger Anders von Düben the Younger (; 28 August 167323 August 1738) was a Swedes, Swedish composer, Kapellmeister and Hofmarschall. He was a member of the Düben family, which is noted for its role in the establishment of professional musical culture ...

Political career

In 1709, Düben was captured near the

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and held as a hostage in

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. Düben anonymously published ''Uthwalde andelige sånger'' in 1725.Balders, Günter (2010): ''"Ich singe mit, wenn alles singt": Paul Gerhardt und die Musik''. Frank & Timme GmbH.

Family

In 1719, Düben married Margareta Spegel, a daughter of Archbishop Haquin Spegel. He was in 1731, posthumously promoted, raised to

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rang.

References

1671 births 1730 deaths

Joachim Joachim was, according to Sacred tradition, the husband of Saint Anne, the father of Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary (mother of Jesus), and the maternal grandfather of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Gospel of James, part of ...

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