Gustaf Düben (1628– 1690) was a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 organist

Organist

An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists...

 and composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

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Düben was born and died in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

. In 1663, he succeeded his father, the German-born Andreas Düben

Andreas Düben

Andreas Düben was a Swedish Baroque composer and organist, and father of Gustaf Düben. He was born near Leipzig and was admitted to Leipzig University in 1609. He studied with the renowned Dutch pedagogue Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck from 1614 until 1620 when he secured a position as organist in the...

 (1590–1663) as both hovkapellmästare, director of the Royal Swedish Court Orchestra, and organist of the German St Gertrud Church in Stockholm.

Father of Emerentia von Düben

Emerentia von Düben

Emerentia von Düben , known as Menza, was a Swedish lady-in-waiting, favourite of queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden.Emerentia was the daughter of organist Gustaf Düben. She was initially employed as a chamber maid at the court of the queen, Ulrika Eleonora and was in 1690 made responsible for...

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The Düben collection

Düben collection

The Düben collection is a collection of musical manuscripts named after the original collector, Gustaf Düben held in the Uppsala University Library which preserves includes many unicae of German baroque music, in particular the only surviving copies of many works by Dieterich Buxtehude.-Selected...

 of manuscripts includes many unicae of German baroque music.

External links

• Mss. of works collected by the family, the "Düben collection"