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Heaven Is My Fatherland: The Life and Work of Michael Praetorius

Heaven Is My Fatherland: The Life and Work of Michael Praetorius

Vogelsänger, Siegfried
Biebert, Nathaniel J.

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Historical FiguresMusiciansReligious Biographies

Publisher Price: $31.00

ISBN10: 1532684312
ISBN13: 9781532684319
Publisher: Resource Publications (CA)
Published: Apr 27 2020
Pages: 294
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.62 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) was one of the most versatile, wide-ranging, and prolific German composers of the seventeenth century, also important as a theorist, and the most often quoted and excerpted writer on performance practice. 2021 marks the four hundredth anniversary of this Lutheran musician's death and the four hundred and fiftieth anniversary of his birth. Yet until now, no biography of this multitalented and fascinating man has been made available in English. This translation of Siegfried Vogelsanger's 2008 German biography of Praetorius will introduce you to Praetorius's family and employers, his work as organist and court music director, his sacred and secular musical compositions, his historical and theoretical musical work, his grandiose goals and plans, and--most importantly--the man himself. Appendices provide new insights into Praetorius's ancestry and life, as well as new translations of primary sources written by Praetorius and others. Richly furnished with pictures and illustrations and supplemented with a glossary, Heaven Is My Fatherland will transport you into Praetorius's world and open up for you the convictions of his heart.

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