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Jacob Praetorius (1586 – 1651), was a German Baroque composer and organist, and the son of Hieronymus Praetorius. His grandfather, the father of Hieronymus, was also named Jacob, and 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 important pupil, Matthias Weckmann, studied with him from 1633-1636 and later joined him in Hamburg as organist at the Jakobikirche. His compositional style is comprised by both traditional and progressive elements. His three surviving preludes show the kind of sectionalism and diversity of styles that would become one of the defining characteristics of the genre. That is to say, they contain a free, rhapsodic (though restrained) opening section that foreshadows the stylus phantasticus style of German composers later in the century (notably Dieterich Buxtehude, followed by an imitative, fugal section that strictly adheres to traditional contrapuntal rules. His family is not related to notable contemporary Michael Praetorius. (See Praetorius for other members of the family.)

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