Dieterich Buxtehude

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Baroque composer German-Danish composer composer organist person

Dieterich Buxtehude was a prominent German-Danish Baroque composer and organist whose innovative keyboard and sacred music profoundly shaped the development of later composers, including Johann Sebastian Bach.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baroque composer ⓘ German-Danish composer ⓘ composer ⓘ organist ⓘ person ⓘ
birthCountryAtTheTime	Denmark ⓘ
birthPlace	probably Helsingborg ⓘ
birthRegion	Scania ⓘ
birthYear	c. 1637 ⓘ
cataloguePrefix	BuxWV ⓘ
deathCountryAtTheTime	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
deathPlace	Lübeck ⓘ
deathYear	1707 ⓘ
employer	Marienkirche, Lübeck ⓘ
era	17th century ⓘ early 18th century ⓘ
father	Johann Buxtehude ⓘ
fatherInLaw	Franz Tunder NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	chamber music ⓘ keyboard music ⓘ organ music ⓘ sacred vocal music ⓘ
influenced	development of German Baroque organ music ⓘ later Baroque contrapuntal style ⓘ
knownFor	influence on Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ organ works ⓘ sacred cantatas ⓘ
movement	Baroque ⓘ
name	Dieterich Buxtehude self-link ⓘ
nationality	Danish ⓘ German ⓘ
notableFor	Abendmusiken concert series in Lübeck ⓘ
notableInfluenced	Georg Philipp Telemann ⓘ George Frideric Handel ⓘ
notableStudentOrInfluenced	Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
notableWork	Membra Jesu nostri ⓘ Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV 161 ⓘ Praeludium in E major, BuxWV 141 ⓘ Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne in C major, BuxWV 137 ⓘ
occupation	composer ⓘ organist ⓘ
position	organist at Marienkirche in Lübeck ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ
spouse	Anna Margareta Tunder ⓘ
style	North German organ school ⓘ
succeeded	Franz Tunder as organist at Marienkirche in Lübeck ⓘ
workLocation	Helsingør ⓘ Lübeck ⓘ

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Dieterich Buxtehude → name → Dieterich Buxtehude self-link ⓘ