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Jacob Praetorius
Jacob Praetorius or Schultz (* 8 February 1586 † 21 or 22 October 1651) was a German Baroque composer and organist, and the son of Hieronymus Praetorius. His grandfather, the father of Hieronymus, Jacob Praetorius the Elder (died 1586) was also a composer.
As a student of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, he was one of the most important organists and most respected pedagogues of the north German tradition before Johann Sebastian Bach. From 1603 on he was organist at the Petrikirche in Hamburg. His most
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- Johann Tobias Krebs (studied under J. S. Bach, father of Johann Ludwig Krebs)
- Adam Krieger (studied under Samuel Scheidt)
- Jakob Kortkamp (studied under Jacob Praetorius)
- Georg Dietrich Leyding (studied under Reincken, Buxtehude, and Johann Theile)
- Johann Lorentz
- Vincent Lübeck (possibly studied under Kneller and Buxtehude)
- Heinrich Marcus
- Johann Valentin Meder
- Peter Mohrhardt
- Andreas Neunhaber (studied under Paul Siefert)
- Bartholomaeus Praetorius
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