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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Composer of the Week: Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707): Episode 2: Organist in Lubeck

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

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Episode 2: Organist in Lubeck

Organist in Lubeck

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707), Organist in Lubeck

Donald Macleod focuses on Buxtehude's work as organist at St Mary's Church in Lubeck.

Donald Macleod focuses on Buxtehude's work as organist and werkmeister at St Mary's Church in Lubeck.

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Dieterich Buxtehude. Buxtehude was around thirty years old when he took up the position he would occupy for the rest of his life - organist and Werkmeister at St Mary's church in Lübeck, on the Baltic coast of northern Germany. In today's programme Donald Macleod describes one of the more unusual preconditions of the job: marriage to his predecessor's daughter.

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Donald Macleod explores the life and work of organist and composer Dietrich Buxtehude

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Danish organist and composer Dietrich Buxtehude

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