Ha pe co trans buxtehude biography

Biography of Dietrich Buxtehude

Dietrich Buxtehude was a Danish organist and composer, known as the most prominent representative of the North German organ school during the Baroque era.

He was born around 1637, and there is some debate about his birthplace.

Ha pe co trans buxtehude biography

Some biographers claim he was born in Helsingborg, based on the fact that his father, Hans Jensen Buxtehude, served as an organist at St. Mary's Church in Helsingborg until 1642. However, most researchers believe that Buxtehude was born in Helsingør (known as Elsinore in Shakespeare's Hamlet), where his father held the position of organist at St.

Olaf's Church for many years. Regardless, Buxtehude was of Danish descent, although Helsingborg later became a Swedish city. It is also possible that his ancestors migrated from Germany to Denmark.

Buxtehude was strongly influenced by the Dutch composer and organist Jan Sweelinck, whose style was a synthes