Double Chanter "Magdeburg" bagpipe based on the woodcut in the Praetoriuse´s Syntagma Musicum
Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) was an important composer and music theorist of the European Renaissance and early Baroque. As a composer and organist, he stayed at the court of the Duke of Braunschweig and then at the Elector of Saxony in Dresden. His extensive compositional work includes a number of sacred compositions as well as arrangements of secular melodies and dances.
On a theoretical level, his most important work is Syntagma Musicum. The second part of this period music-theoretical compendium is called De Organographia and describes the period instruments in words and images. The instruments are depicted in detailed woodcuts. Woodcut No. V depicts the Magdeburg bagpipes - an instrument with two chanters in G and D.
On a theoretical level, his most important work is Syntagma Musicum. The second part of this period music-theoretical compendium is called De Organographia and describes the period instruments in words and images. The instruments are depicted in detailed woodcuts. Woodcut No. V depicts the Magdeburg bagpipes - an instrument with two chanters in G and D.
