Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Ehr

Melchior Schildt (1592-1667) was a German composer and organist of the North German Organ School.

He came from a long line of church musicians who had served the town of Hanover for over 125 years.

He studied with Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck from 1609 to 1612, and in 1629 replaced his recently deceased father as organist at the Marktkirche in Hanover, where he remained until his death.

Not much of Schildt's organ output was still available. This is one of the few to be found on IMSLP. A new complete edition of his organ work has recently been published by Schott.