Probably born in Lüneburg?, died on Oct. 18, 1605 ibid., musician and composer. No information is known about Chustrovius' origins and education. From 1577 until his death he was sexton at Lüneburg's Nikolaikirche which was musically subordinate to the town's main church, St. Johannis. In his ''Sacrae cantiones'' of 1603, he called himself ""Musicus"" and ""Choriphaeus"" at St. Nikolai; he apparently conducted church music performances there independently.
His epitaph contains the following text: (German inscriptions online)
Translation:
Epitaph of Johannes Chustrovius, the cantor and sexton at St. Nicolai in Lüneburg. Johannes Chustrovius, who always loved the true faith, rests in this fresh grave. He was a man of traditional virtue and loyalty, a guardian of this church and an outstanding musician, so that he enriched the service with dignified figural and choral singing. When the son died of the deadly plague in Hamburg and hope deceived the father in his expectation, this grief inflicted an incurable wound on the soul, so that he suddenly left the mortal coil of the body. After a short time, the grief-stricken wife, who lamented more than a widowed turtledove, followed her beloved child and her dear husband, and together they inhabit the heavenly realms. The bodies rest in the earth as food for the worms, freed from guilt and all evils, until they are resurrected from the marble grave at the coming of the Lord by the trumpet signals of the angels and live united with their souls for eternity, praising the eternal God with songs of praise.
Magister Job Gigas the Elder composed (this) in the 74th year of his life/at the age of 74 (years) in 1605.
Chustrovius died on the 18th day of October in the fifth hour of the morning at the age of 53 years, in his 27th year of office. He was buried in the church of St. Nicolai by the steps of the north choir.
