Martin Agricola

:See Agricola for several other composers of the same name.

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Martin Agricola (January 6, 1486 – June 10, 1556) was a German composer of Renaissance music and a music theorist.

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January 6 - 1486 - June 10 - 1556 - German - Composer - Renaissance music

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He was born in Lower Silesia. His German name was Sohr or Sore.

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From 1524 till his death he lived at Magdeburg, where he occupied the post of teacher or cantor in the Protestant school. The senator and music-printer Rhau, of Wittenberg, was a close friend of Agricola, whose theoretical works, providing valuable material concerning the change from the old to the new system of notation, he published.

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1524 - Magdeburg - Protestant - Wittenberg

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Among Agricola's other theoretical works is Musica instrumentalis deudsch (1529), a study of musical instruments, and one of the most important works in early organology.

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Musical instrument - Organology

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Agricola was also the first to harmonize in four parts Martin Luther's chorale, Ein' feste Burg .

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Martin Luther - Chorale

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