Sweelinck’s Amsterdam studio attracts German pupilsJan 1, 1601Labels: Jan Sweelinck, Amsterdam StudioJacob PraetoriusHet Orgel
Jacob Praetorius begins long Hamburg organ careerJan 1, 1603Labels: Jacob Praetorius, St PeterPraetorius bioJacob Praetorius
Heinrich Scheidemann takes post at St. Catherine’sJan 1, 1629Labels: Heinrich Scheidemann, St CatherineReinckenWeckmann DE
Franz Tunder appointed organist at Lübeck’s MarienkircheJan 1, 1641Labels: Franz Tunder, Marienkirche LTunderAbendmusik
Tunder’s first documented “Abendspiel” in LübeckJan 11, 1646Labels: Abendspiel, Franz TunderAbendmusikTunder
Kircher defines the “stylus phantasticus” conceptJan 1, 1650Labels: Athanasius Kircher, Stylus PhantasticusStylusMusurgia
Matthias Weckmann becomes organist at Hamburg’s St. JacobiNov 27, 1655Labels: Matthias Weckmann, St JacobiWeckmann DEWeckmann ES
Reincken takes over Hamburg’s St. Catherine’s organ postJan 1, 1663Labels: Johann Adam, St CatherineReinckenReinken dict
Buxtehude succeeds Tunder at Lübeck’s MarienkircheApr 11, 1668Labels: Dieterich Buxtehude, Marienkirche LBuxtehude ENBuxtehude DE
Buxtehude formalizes Lübeck Abendmusiken as major concertsJan 1, 1673Labels: L beck, Dieterich BuxtehudeAbendmusikBuxtehude dict
Arp Schnitger builds landmark St. Jacobi organ in HamburgJan 1, 1689Labels: Arp Schnitger, St JacobiSt JacobiBritannicaSchnitger organ
Nicolaus Bruhns becomes organist at HusumMar 29, 1689Labels: Nicolaus Bruhns, Husum ChurchBruhnsjsBach de
Bach travels to Lübeck to hear BuxtehudeNov 1, 1705Labels: Johann Sebastian, L beckBuxtehude DEBuxtehude EN
Death of Buxtehude marks end of a Lübeck eraMay 9, 1707Labels: Dieterich Buxtehude, Death 1707Buxtehude ENBuxtehude DE
Reincken dies, closing the Hamburg Sweelinck-linked lineageJan 1, 1722Labels: Johann Adam, Death 1722ReinckenReinken dict