Johann Daniel Mylius (c. 15831642) was a composer for the

lute A lute ( or ) is any plucked string instrument with a neck (music), neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be either fretted or unfretted. More specifically, the term "lu ...

, and writer on

alchemy Alchemy (from the Arabic word , ) is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practised in China, India, the Muslim world, and Europe. In its Western form, alchemy is first ...

. Born at Wetter in present-day

Hesse Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...

, Germany, he went on to study theology and medicine at the

University of Marburg The Philipps University of Marburg () is a public research university located in Marburg, Germany. It was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Prote ...

. He was the brother-in-law and pupil of Johann Hartmann (1568–1613). In 1616, while still a medical student, Mylius published Duncan Burnet's ''Iatrochymicus''. The ', Mylius' own alchemical work, was published two years later. He is known for the collection ' (1622) of pieces for the lute. In the same year his ' was published. Mylius was the personal physician of Moritz of Hessen and his patrons included Maurice and Frederick Henry of Nassau.

Works

*''Opus medico-chymicum.'' 1618. *''Antidotarium.'' 1620. *''Philosophia reformata.'' 1622. *''Anatomia auri''. 1628. *''Danielis Milii Pharmacopoeae spagyricae, sive Practicae universalis Galeno-chymicae libri duo.'' - Francofurti : Schönwetter, 1628
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1580s births 1642 deaths Musicians from Hesse Year of birth uncertain German alchemists German lutenists German Renaissance composers German male classical composers 17th-century alchemists People from Marburg-Biedenkopf {{Germany-composer-stub