Praetorius

Praetorius, Prätorius, Prætorius was the name of several musicians and scholars in Germany.

In Germany of the 16th and 17th centuries it became a fashion that educated people named "Schulze" or "Schultheiß" or "Richter", which means "judge", put their name into the Latin language as "Praetorius", referring to former officials called "Praetor urbanus".

• Anton Praetorius (1560–1613), pastor, fighter against the persecution of witches and against torture
• Bartholomaeus Praetorius (c.1590–1623), composer and cornettist
• Christoph Praetorius (died 1609), composer, and uncle of Michael
• Franz Praetorius (1847–1927), semitist and Hebraist
• Hieronymus Praetorius (1560–1629), composer and organist
• Jacob Praetorius (c.1530–1586), composer and organist, and father of Hieronymus
• Jacob Praetorius (1586–1651), composer, organist and teacher, and son of Hieronymus
• Johannes Praetorius (1537–1616), mathematician and astronomer
• Johannes Praetorius (musician) (1595–1660), organist and composer; son of Hieronymus and brother of Jacob
• Johannes Praetorius (writer) (1630–1680), writer and polymath, real name Hans Schultze
• Matthäus Prätorius (1635–1704), pastor, priest, historian, ethnographer
• Michael Praetorius (c.1571–1621), composer ("Terpsichore"), music theorist, and organist
• Stephan Praetorius (1536–1603), theologian

Other uses

• "Praetorius (Courante)", a song by Blackmore’s Night from their 2001 album Fires at Midnight

See also

• Pretorius (disambiguation)
• Scultetus