Renaissance · German

Hieronymus Praetorius

1560 to 1629

German Renaissance

Core repertoire

Title page of a collection by Hieronymus Praetorius
Cantiones sacrae de praecipuis festis totius anni, Hambourg, Ph. von Ohr, 1599 — « Authore Hieronymo Praetorio, Organista in aede S. Jacobi Hamburgensis »
Image: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich (via Europeana), domaine public

Son of the organist Jacob Praetorius, Hieronymus Praetorius was organist of St. Jacobi in Hamburg, first as his father’s assistant and then as principal organist from 1586 until his death. The author of masses, Magnificats, and polychoral motets marked by the Venetian style, he left for the organ notably nine Magnificat settings in a highly contrapuntal cantus firmus style. He is counted among the founders of the North German organ school.

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The repertoire

Works in the project’s repertoire

2 works, 1 of them available to listen to.

Core repertoire

  • Flagship work

    Magnificats sur les huit tons (tablature de Visby)

    Magnificat

    Early repertoire, best served by an unequal temperament (ideally meantone)

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  • Magnificat primi toni (tablature de Clausthal-Zellerfeld)

    Magnificat

    Early repertoire, best served by an unequal temperament (ideally meantone)

This classification reflects the place of these repertoires within the artistic and educational orientations of the project. It does not constitute a technical indication regarding the design of the instrument.

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