Joachim Burmeister
Joachim Burmeister (* 1564 in Lüneburg, † May 5, 1629 in Rostock) was a North German music theorist, composer and poet.
Life and work
He was the eldest of five children of a pearl ticker and citizen of Lüneburg. His late brother Anton was 1634 in 1604 cantor of the St. Michaelis Church in Lüneburg, in imitation of Christian Praetorius.
Burmeister attended the University of Rostock, where he received a master's degree. From 1589 he was cantor of Rostock Latin School ( Schoale Rostochiensis Collega Classicus ) and the Marienkirche.