Composer · c1637 - 1707
Dietrich Buxtehude
Biography
Dieterich Buxtehude
(b ?Helsingborg, c1637; d Lübeck, 9 May 1707). German or Danish composer and organist.
He is best known as a composer of organ music, of which he was one of the most important composers before J.S. Bach. He also left equally impressive repertories of sacred vocal and instrumental ensemble music.