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Hieronymus Praetorius (10 August 1560 – 27 January 1629) was a Northern German composer and organist remembered for his elaborate polychoral motets.
Identity Issues
He was not related to the prolific Michael Praetorius, known as a theorist and for Terpsichore, but the large Praetorius family tree produced many distinguished musicians during the 16th and 17th centuries. – Wikipedia
Numerous anonymous pieces in north German collections of the time are now attributed with reasonable certainty to Hieronymus Praetorius. -- Wikipedia
Hieronymus Praetorius,
Whose clan was grand and glorious,
Was known in Northern Germany
With others of his family tree.
And though we don’t refer to him
By any other pseudonym,
The challenge, now, to such as us is
Not to mix Praetoriuses.
There’s added complicatedness
Regarding his relatedness,
When pieces once anonymous
Are fathered on Hieronymus.
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