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1629Jan, 27

Hieronymus Praetorius

Hieronymus Praetorius, German organist and composer (b. 1560)
Hieronymus Praetorius (10 August 1560 – 27 January 1629) was a north German composer and organist of the late Renaissance and very early Baroque eras. He was not related to the much more famous Michael Praetorius, though the Praetorius family had many distinguished musicians throughout the 16th and 17th centuries.

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