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The German composer and Kantor Christoph [Christopher] Praetorius was the uncle of the famous composer Michael Praetorius. Christoph Praetorius was Kantor at St Johannis (Johannisschule) in Lüneburg from 1563 to 1581, succeeding Johann Bertram On April 26, 1581 Euricius Dedekind was engaged to assist Praetorius, and at the beginning of 1582, when Praetorius had been pensioned off, he was appointed his successor. Among his pupils was the theorist and composer Joachim Burmeister (1564-1629) |
