Mogens Pedersøn

In 1599 he was selected to accompany Melchior Borchgrevinck and two other Danish court musicians to study with Giovanni Gabrieli in Venice, returning to Denmark in 1600.

In 1605, Pedersøn undertook a further longer trip to study with Gabrieli with the support of King Christian, remaining in Venice for four years.

[4][5] Pedersøn was appointed assistant director of the Danish royal chapel (under Borchgrevinck) in 1618—the first Danish-born musician and composer to reach such a position.

[4] In 1620, Pedersøn made a significant contribution to Danish church music with the publication of Pratum spirituale.

It includes six entirely original compositions, in an early Baroque style: a Danish language mass, two sets of responses, and three Latin motets.