Short Name: | Wolfgang Dachstein |
Full Name: | Dachstein, Wolfgang, ca. 1487-1553 |
Birth Year: | 1487 |
Death Year: | 1553 |
Dachstein, Wolfgang, was, prior to the Reformation, a monk at Strassburg, and organist of the Cathedral. In 1524 he espoused the cause of the Reformation, and in 1525 was appointed organist and assistant preacher at St. Thomas's Church, which offices he held till at least 1530 (Koch, ii. 103-104).
Along with his friend M. Greitter (q.v.) he edited the first Strassburg Hymnbook, the Kirchen ampt, published in 1525. Two of his Psalm versions have been translated into English, but he is best known as author of the melody which is set to the first of these.
i. An Wasserflüssen Babylon. [Ps. cxxxvii.] 1st pub. 1525, pt. iii, as above, and thence in Wackernage, iii. p. 98, in 5 st. of 10 1. The translations, almost identical, are : (1) “ At the ryvers of Babilon," by Bp. Coverdale, 1539 (Remains, 1846, p. 571). (2) "At the Rivers of Babylon," in the Gude and Godly Ballates (ed. 1568, folio 58, ed. 1868, p. 99).
ii. O Herr, wer würt sein Wohnung han. [Ps. xv.] 1st published 1525 as above, and thence in Wackernagel, iii. p. 98, in 3 st. of 7 1. Translated as " O Lord, quha sail in hevin dwell with the," in the Gude and Godly Ballates, (ed. 1568, folio 46, ed. 1868, p. 78).
[Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Tunes by Wolfgang Dachstein (3)![]() | As | Instances | Incipit |
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AN WASSERFLÜSSEN BABYLON | Wolfgang Dachstein (Composer) | 20 | 56535 44323 45432 |
AUS TIEFER NOT (17122) | Wolfgang Dachstein (Composer) | 6 | 17122 12343 2171 |
[Im Frieden dein, o Herre mein] | Wolfgang Dachstein (Composer) | 2 | 56711 24323 45343 |