He was not related to the much more famous Michael Praetorius, though the Praetorius family had many distinguished musicians throughout the 16th and 17th centuries.
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His son, Jacob, was born that same year, and was also destined to become a composer.
Hieronymus Bosch | Praetorius | Michael Praetorius | Hieronymus | Samuel Hieronymus Grimm | Hieronymus Praetorius | portrait of Hieronymus Holzschuher | Johann Hieronymus Schröter | Johann Hieronymus Kniphof | Johannes Praetorius | Jacob Praetorius | Hieronymus Wierix | Hieronymus Osius | Hieronymus de Bosch | Hieronymus Cock | Artist's representation of distillation apparatus for aqua vitae, from ''Liber de arte Distillandi'', by Hieronymus Brunschwig |
Jacob Praetorius or Schultz (* 8 February 1586 † 21 or 22 October 1651) was a German Baroque composer and organist, and the son of Hieronymus Praetorius.
The church gives its name to the Källunge codex (Latin Codex Kellungensis) a 1622 collection of choral music by Philipp Dulichius, Melchior Vulpius, Gregor Aichinger, Nicolaus Zangius, Hieronymus Praetorius, Hans Hassler, Jacobus Gallus, Johann Walter, Dominique Phinot, Orlando di Lasso, and Johann Bahr among others.