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Jacob Praetorius the Elder
16th centurygerman
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Jacob Praetorius the Elder (born around 1520 in Magdeburg; died 1586 in Hamburg) was a German organist and composer. Little is known about Praetorius' life. He probably received lessons from Martin Agricola in his hometown. From 1555 until his death, Praetorius is documented as organist and church composer at two Hamburg churches. Jacob Praetorius is the father of Hieronymus Praetorius. Praetorius published the music collection Opus musicum excellens et novum (1566) containing over 200 works by German and Dutch composers. Only one of these works - a Te deum laudamus a 4 - was certainly composed by Jacob Praetorius himself; only the first part has survived. In addition, Praetorius published a collection of chorales (1554). A Veni in hortum meum a 4 has also survived, either by Jacob Praetorius the Elder or his grandson Jacob Praetorius the Younger. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.