The Resume

(February 15, 1571-February 15, 1621)
Birth name was Michael Schulteis
Wrote ‘Terpsichore,’ ‘Musae sioniae,’ ‘Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen,’ ‘In dulci jubilo,’ and many hymns
Wrote the book ‘Syntagma musicum (1614-1620)’
Also known as Michael Praetorius Creuzbergensis

Why he might be annoying:

He changed his last name into Latin because it was considered cool at the time.
He wrote music for the bagpipes.
He composed several dull Protestant hymns.
One musicologist describes him as ‘anal.’
He looked like a pirate.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was an innovative early composer.
He wrote a book on the music of his time, which is very useful to scholars.
It is considered the first encyclopedia of music.
He wrote ‘Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming,’ ‘Good Christian Men, Rejoice,’ and other Christmas carols that are still sung today.
He died on his fiftieth birthday.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Bagpipe Players
• Fiddlers
• Goatees
• I Died on My Birthday (Ranked: 50)
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Opera Singers and Composers
• Profiles 14501-14750 (Ranked: 14591)
• Renaissance Men (and Women)
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 6]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 84 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 38 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 111 Votes: 61.26% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 67 Votes: 62.69% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 26 Votes: 65.38% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 58 Votes: 74.14% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 46 Votes: 65.22% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 33 Votes: 60.61% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 31 Votes: 54.84% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 108 Votes: 68.52% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 101 Votes: 60.40% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 118 Votes: 66.95% Annoying