{"id":23492,"date":"2023-06-08T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T10:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hab.de\/michael-praetorius-musiker-einer-zeitenwende-2\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T15:18:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T14:18:46","slug":"michael-praetorius-musiker-einer-zeitenwende-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hab.de\/en\/michael-praetorius-musiker-einer-zeitenwende-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Praetorius: A Musician in a Time of Change"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The turn of the 17th century was a time of upheaval which affected both science and the arts as well the political, social and economic spheres. It was during this period, around 1600, when the aesthetics and practice of music were both undergoing radical change, that Michael Praetorius became chapel master at the Wolfenb\u00fcttel court, not only helping to usher in a new musical age but also acting as one of its key protagonists.<\/p>

The new exhibition devoted to the life and work of Michael Praetorius is occasioned by the 400th anniversary of the composer\u2019s death, which Wolfenb\u00fcttel marked in 2021. It will be shown at the same place in the north-eastern gallery of Wolfenb\u00fcttel\u2019s Hauptkirche Beatae Mariae Virginis (Main Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary) where the exhibition of the Michael Praetorius Collegium created by Winfried Elsner A Paragon and Pillar of Church Music: Michael Praetorius (1571\/72\u20131621) <\/em>was on display from 2008 to 2023.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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