# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-praetorius-the-elder
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:57:55.634Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-praetorius-the-elder"
name: "Jacob Praetorius the Elder"
slug: "jacob-praetorius-the-elder"
description: "Jacob Praetorius (I) or Jacob Praetorius the Elder (c. 1520 in Magdeburg – 1586 in Hamburg) was a German organist and composer. He was the father of Hieronymus Praetorius and the grandfather of Jacob Praetorius the Younger, both also composers."
tagline: "German musician"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1530"
deathDate: "1586"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.135385333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%AB_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "چاكوب پرايتوريوس ث الدير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Praetorius_el_Vell"
    title: "Jacob Praetorius el Vell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Praetorius_den_%C3%A6ldre"
    title: "Jacob Praetorius den ældre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Praetorius_der_%C3%84ltere"
    title: "Jacob Praetorius der Ältere"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Praetorius_the_Elder"
    title: "Jacob Praetorius the Elder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Praetorius_la_pli_maljuna"
    title: "Jacob Praetorius la pli maljuna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Pr%C3%A6torius_l'Ancien"
    title: "Jacob Prætorius l'Ancien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Praetorius_den_eldre"
    title: "Jacob Praetorius den eldre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Praetorius_den_%C3%A4ldre"
    title: "Jacob Praetorius den äldre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71963"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump