Melchior Schildt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German composer
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Place of Birth: Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
About Melchior Schildt
- Melchior Schildt (born 1592 or 1593, Hanover – 18 May 1667) was a German composer and organist of the North German Organ School.
- He came from a long line of church musicians who had served the town of Hanover for over 125 years.
- He studied with Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck from 1609 to 1612, and in 1629 replaced his recently deceased father as organist at the Marktkirche in Hanover, where he remained until his death.
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