a highly contrapuntal cantus firmus style. In addition to these settings, numerous anonymous pieces in north German collections of the time are now attributed with reasonable certainty to Hieronymus Praetorius. External links References and further reading Article "Hieronymus Praetorius," in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1980. Manfred Bukofzer, Music in the Baroque Era. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1947. 1560 births 1629 deaths 17th-century classical composers Renaissance composers German Baroque composers German male classical composers German classical organists German male organists Musicians from Hamburg Organists and composers in the North German tradition 17th-century male musicians Hieronymus Praetorius Male classical organists