Gallus Dressler was a German composer and music theorist who served as Kantor in the church school at Magdeburg.
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Gallus Dressler was a German composer and music theorist who served as Kantor in the church school at Magdeburg. Though a few of his works have remained in the choral repertoire, he is best known for his theoretical writings, especially his Praecepta musicae poeticae, which contains some of the earliest detailed description of the compositional process of the Renaissance motet.
Country
GermanyCategory
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1533 to 1581 · aged 48
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