Composer · 1571 - 1621
Michael Praetorius
Biography
Michael Praetorius
(b Creuzburg an der Werra, nr Eisenach, ? 15 Feb 1571; d Wolfenbüttel, 15 Feb 1621).
German composer, theorist and organist. He was the most versatile and wide-ranging German composer of his generation and one of the most prolific, especially of works based on Protestant hymns. He is also important as a theorist, notably through his Syntagma musicum.