# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-praetorius
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:49:21.282Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-praetorius"
name: "Jacob Praetorius"
slug: "jacob-praetorius"
description: "Jacob Praetorius the Younger was a German Baroque composer and organist, and the son of Hieronymus Praetorius. His grandfather, the father of Hieronymus, Jacob Praetorius the Elder, and his brother Johann were also composers."
tagline: "German composer and organist"
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: "1586-02-08"
deathDate: "1651-10-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.673362666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1970941"
    title: "Discogs"
    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"
    title: "چاكوب پرايتوريوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Praetorius_(el_jove)"
    title: "Jacob Praetorius (el jove)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Praetorius_den_yngre"
    title: "Jacob Praetorius den yngre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Praetorius_der_J%C3%BCngere"
    title: "Jacob Praetorius der Jüngere"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Praetorius"
    title: "Jacob Praetorius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Praetorius_la_pli_juna"
    title: "Jacob Praetorius la pli juna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Pr%C3%A6torius_le_Jeune"
    title: "Jacob Prætorius le Jeune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B3%E3%83%97%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ヤーコプ・プレトリウス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Praetorius_den_yngre"
    title: "Jacob Praetorius den yngre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Praetorius_den_yngre"
    title: "Jacob Praetorius den yngre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/005f3b94-121e-4c74-9fd8-a389c167f136"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66029"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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