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Andreas Düben

Andreas Düben (c. 1597 – 7 July 1662) was a Swedish Baroque composer and organist, and father of Gustaf Düben. Early life Born in Leipzig, Saxony, into the Düben family, which would later be renowned

Andreas Düben (c. 1597 – 7 July 1662) was a Swedish Baroque composer and organist, and father of Gustaf Düben. Early life Born in Leipzig, Saxony, into the Düben family, which would later be renowned for its contributions to classical music. He was the son of Andreas Düben, who was the organist at the St. Thomas Church, and Elisabeth Bessler, or Bletzchen, who was born in Wurzen. He was appointed conductor of that same group in 1640. He composed a cantata, Pugna triumphalis, on the occasion of the death of Gustavus Adolphus. References

Era
Renaissance
Lived
1597–1662
From
Germany, Sweden
Born in
Leipzig · died Stockholm
Known as
organist, composer, conductor
Instruments
pipe organ

Contemporaries

Composers of the same nationality whose working lives overlapped — computed across all 11,984 dated composers in this library, not taken from any single article.