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Gottfried Scheidt (20 September 1593 - 3 June 1661) was a German composer and organist. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance The pipe organ is a Musical instrument that produces sound when pressurized air (wind is driven through a series of pipes, controlled by a keyboard

Born in Halle, he moved to Amsterdam in 1611 to study with Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, returning home in 1615 to further study with his older brother Samuel Scheidt and others. Halle is the largest city in the German State of Saxony-Anhalt. Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (April or May 1562 &ndash October 16 1621 was a Dutch Composer, Organist, and Pedagogue whose work straddled the Samuel Scheidt (baptized November 3 1587 &ndash March 24 1654 was a German Composer, organist and teacher of the early Baroque era He was appointed organist to the Altenburg court in 1617, and held the post until his retirement on 5 May 1658. This article is about the city in Thuringia, Germany. For other uses see Altenburg (disambiguation. Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John He was successful and respected, and aside from playing the organ, directed the newly-founded Hofkapelle, despite the strictures of the Thirty Years' War. Hofburg Imperial Palace is a palace in Vienna, Austria, which has housed some of the most powerful people in Austrian history, including the Habsburg For the Mauritanian Thirty Years' War see Char Bouba war. For the band see The 30 Years War. He was unsuccessful in his application, in 1622/1623, for the post of principal organist of the Marienkirche, Danzig, which his brother had refused and which eventually went to Paul Siefert. Gdańsk ( Polish pronunciation; 'Danzig', Gduńsk Gedania Dantiscum is the City at the centre of the fourth-largest Metropolitan area in Poland Paul Siefert (variants Syfert Sivert Sibert) (23 May 1586 - 6 May 1666 was a German Composer and organist associated with the North German school

His only known organ compositions are in a set of variations on Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr made collaboratively in 1614 by Sweelinck and others; the six variations include three by Scheidt and three anonymous, which may be by him; this work belongs to the tradition of the North German school. The 17th century organ composers of Germany can be divided into two primary schools the north German school and the south German school (sometimes a third school Modern editions are found by H. J. Moser (Kassel, 1953), and G. Gerdes, in 46 Choräle für Orgel von J. P. Sweelinck und seinen deutschen Schülern (Mainz, 1957).

His other compositions are all occasional vocal works: Pia vota et hortulanae devotionis amicor, a wedding aria (1646); Selig sind die Toten, funeral music for Sophie Elisabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Leipzig, 1650); another funeral work (1620), in S. A wedding is the Ceremony in which two people are united in Marriage. This article is about the musical term "aria" For other meanings or uses of the word see Aria (disambiguation. A funeral is a Ceremony marking a person's Death. Funerary customs comprise the complex of Beliefs and practices used by a Culture to remember Sophie Elisabeth Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg ( August 20 1613 – July 12 1676) was a German poet and composer Brunswick-Lüneburg (Braunschweig-Lüneburg also Brunswick-Lunenburg was a historical ducal state during the period from the Late Middle Ages through the Scheidt: Gesamtausgabe IV, ed. G. Harms (Klecken, 1933); and two works in Cantionale sacrum III (Gotha, 1648), in Schatz des liturgischen Chor- und Gemeindegesangs III, ed. L. Schoeberlein (Göttingen, 1872).

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