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Lucas Bacmeister

1578 - 1638 Person Name: Lucas Backmeister Hymnal Number: d219 Author of "Jesu, meiner Seelen Ruh" in Evangelisch-Lutherisches Gesang-Buch worin 500 der...fuer Gemeinen, welche sich zur unveraen ... Augsburgischen Confession

Valentin Ernst Löscher

1673 - 1749 Person Name: Valentin Ernst Loescher Hymnal Number: d141 Author of "Gottseligkeit ist kein Gewerbe" in Evangelisch-Lutherisches Gesang-Buch worin 500 der...fuer Gemeinen, welche sich zur unveraen ... Augsburgischen Confession

Peter Busch

Hymnal Number: d148 Author of "Herr, allerhoechster Gott, Von dem wir alle Gaben" in Evangelisch-Lutherisches Gesang-Buch worin 500 der...fuer Gemeinen, welche sich zur unveraen ... Augsburgischen Confession

Georg Reimann

1570 - 1615 Hymnal Number: d41 Author of "Aus Lieb'l'sst Gott der Christenheit" in Evangelisch-Lutherisches Gesang-Buch worin 500 der...fuer Gemeinen, welche sich zur unveraen ... Augsburgischen Confession

Johann Campanus

1565 - 1622 Hymnal Number: d201 Author of "Ihr Himmel troepfelt Tau in Eil" in Evangelisch-Lutherisches Gesang-Buch worin 500 der...fuer Gemeinen, welche sich zur unveraen ... Augsburgischen Confession Campanus, Johann, was born on June 24, c. 1565, at Wodnian in Bohemia. At the Uni¬versity of Prag (Prague), he graduated b.a. 1592, M.A. 1596. In 1592 he became master at Iglau, thereafter at Teplitz, and then professor at Königingratz. He was in 1596 appointed Rector of the St. Heinrich school, in the Neustadt, Prag, and in 1600 Rector at Kuttenberg. Ultimately he became Professor of Greek and Latin and of Bohemian History in the University of Prag, where he was some time Dean of the Philosophical Faculty, and in 1612 Rector of the University. He died at Prag, Dec. 13, 1622. Brought up at Wodnian as a Hussite, he became a Lutheran; then a Calvinist; was in 1619 assessor of the Utraquist Consistory of the Teynkirche in the Altstadt, Prag; and on Nov. 16,1622, formally became a Roman Catholic. His Latin Version of the Psalms, pub. at Prag, 1611, and his Latin Odes, Prag, 1612, were introduced for the senior scholars to sing in church and school. A complete ed. of his sacred poems appeared as Sacrarum Odarum Libri Duo. Quorum Prior Psalmos Davidicos, Posterior hymnos Dominicales et feriales continet. Accessere Cantica Canticorum in Odaria liii. nee non Melodiae pro omnibus Psalmis, Odis, & Canticorum Odariist ejusdem Authoris. Frankfurt-am-Main, 1618. [Wernigerode] A full list of his works is given in his Biographie, by G. J. Dlabcz, Prag, 1819. Two of his poems have passed into English: i. Borando coeli defluant. Advent. First published in his Odarum Sacrarum. Liber Posterior, Prag,v1612 [Strahow, Prag.], p. 1, "Ode 1, De Adventu Domini” in 5 stanzas of 4 lines, with the heading :— "Sol Christus est, ros Christus est, hie quern rigat Fovetque, frigus pellit, aestum mitigat." It appears in a full and good German translated in Johann Franck's Geistliches Sum, 1674, No. 2, (ed. 1846, p. 2), beginning:— “lhr Himmel tröpfelt Thau in Eil." Franck's version was included in the 1688 (No. 317) and later editions of Crüger's Praxis pietatis melica; in Bunsen's Versuch, 1833, No. 85, and his Allgemeine Gesang-Buch, 1846, No. 29. Bunsen, 1833, p. 878, calls it "One of the most profound hymns of that believing yearning, which recognises in the Incarnation of Christ the pledge of the union of God with the soul." The only translation in common use from Franck is:— Ye heavens, oh haste your dews to shed, in full in the 2nd Series, 1858, of Miss Winkworth's Lyra Germanica, p. 3. Thence as No. 20 in her Chorale Book for England, 1863, and as No. 15 in Bosworth's Collection, 1865. Stanzas ii.-v. beginning, "O living Sun, with joy break forth," are included as No. 121 in Dr. Thomas's Augustine Hymn Book, 1866. Another translation is "Descend, ye heavens, in gentle dews," by Dr. G. Walker, 1860, p. 25. ii. Veni Kedemptor gentium. Advent. Ode ii. of his Liber Posterior ed., 1612, p. 2 (1618, p. 276), in 7 stanzas of 4 lines, headed " Ex hymno Ambrosii. “Alvus tumescit virginis Quantum potest vis Numinis." Two stanzas may be compared with the Ambrosian, viz.:— "Veni Redemptor gentium, Pulchrum renide lilium Splendore fulgens flammeo: Hie partus est dignus Deo! vii. 41 Praesepe iam tuum micat, Lumenque noctis emicat, Quod nulla lux interpolet Ut luceat plus quam solet." A full and good German translation by Johann Franck, beginning " Komm, Heiden-Heiland, Lösegeld," appears in C. Peter's Geistliche Arien, Guben, 1667, No. 1, repeated in his own Geistliches Sion, 1674, p. 1 (ed. 1846, p. 1); and'included in many subsequent collections as the Berlin Geistliche Liedersegen, ed. 1863, No. 1596. The form tr. into English is that in Bunsen's Versuch, 1833, No. 78 (1881, No. 11). Bunsen, doubtless not knowing that it was a direct tr. from Campanus, calls it at p. 878 "the only successful version from the Ambrosian hymn [Veni Redemptor], more profound and delightful than the Latin." Bunsen omits stanzas ii., iii., and alters i., iv. The translations in common use are:— 1. Redeemer of the nations, come. By Miss Wink worth in full from Bunsen in the 1st series of her Lyra Germanica, 1855, p. 186, repeated in her Chorale Book for England, 1863, No. 23, and in Dr. Thomas's Augustine Hymn Book, 1866. 2. Come, Ransom of our captive race. From Bunsen, omitting his stanza iii., as No. 3 in Dr. Pagenstecher's Collection, 1864, signed "F.C.C." 3. O Glory of Thy chosen race. In full from Bunsen by Dr. F. J. A. Hort for Church Hymns, 1871, No. 70, with an added doxology. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Petrus, Dresdensis

1365 - 1421 Person Name: Peter of Dresden Hymnal Number: d303 Author of "Nun singet und seid froh" in Evangelisch-Lutherisches Gesang-Buch worin 500 der...fuer Gemeinen, welche sich zur unveraen ... Augsburgischen Confession

Johann Neunherz

1653 - 1737 Hymnal Number: d437 Author of "Zwei [Zwe'en] der Juenger gehn mit Sehnen" in Evangelisch-Lutherisches Gesang-Buch worin 500 der...fuer Gemeinen, welche sich zur unveraen ... Augsburgischen Confession Neunhertz, Johannes, son of Johannes Neunhertz, weaver at Waltersdorf, near Kupferberg, in Silesia, was born at Waltersdorf Aug. 16, 1653, and entered the University of Leipzig in June, 1673 (M.A. 1676). In 1678 he was appointed assistant preacher at Lauban, in Silesia; in 1680 pastor at Kiesslingswalde; and in 1696 pastor at Geibsdorf, both near Lauban. He then became, in 1706, diaconus of the Holy Trinity Church, and also morning preacher at the Holy Cross Church in Lauban. Finally, in 1709, he was appointed chief pastor at Hirschberg, in Silesia, and died there Nov. 26, 1737 (S. J. Ehrhardt's Presbyterologie Schlesiens, 1780-89, iii. pt. ii. p. 187; Koch, v. 450; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie xxiii. 549; Bode, p. 121—-the first dating his birth 1652). Neunhertz was the author of a large number of hymns, good and flowing in style, but often lengthy and with little power or concentration. They appeared in his various works:— (1) Eyangelische Sabbaths-Freude, Zittau, 1690. (2) Christliche Leid-Andachten, Lauban, 1698. (3) Evangelische Ilertz-Ermunterung, Leipzig, 1701. (4) Tröstliche . . . Andachten, Lauban, 1709; 2nd edition as Andachts-Flammen, Budissin, 1717; and in the Silesian hymn-books of the period. A large number are given in the Hirschberg Gesang-Buch, 1741, a few in Burg's Gesang-Buch, Breslau, 1746, and some still survive in modern collections. The only hymn by him which seems to have passed into English is:— Zweene Jünger gehn mit Sehnen. Eastertide. A hymn on the Two Disciples on their way to Emmaus (St. Luke xxiv. 13-35). Included in the Lauban Gesang-Buch, 1707, p. 162 [Wernigerode Library], as No. 5 of the Easter Hymns, in 9 st. of 8 1., and marked as by M J. Neunhertz. Also in the Berlin Geistliche Lieder, ed. 1863, No. 326. The form translation into English is: "Trauernd und mit bangem Sehnen." This appeared in the Liegnitz Gesang-Buch,1804 (ed. 1819, No. 155), and is repeated in the Württemberg Gesang-Buch, 1842, No. 176, in 7 stanzas. It is a recast by L. E. S. Müller. The translation in common use is:— Sad with longing, sick with fears. A full and good translation from the 1842 text by Miss Winkworth, in her Lyra Germanica, 2nd Ser. 1858, p. 43. In the Pennsylvania Lutheran Church Book, 1868, the translations of st. iv.-vii. altered and beginning, "Truest Friend, Who canst not fail," were given as No. 440. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Johann C. Arnschwanger

1625 - 1696 Person Name: Johann Christoph Arnschwanger Hymnal Number: d161 Author of "Herr Jesu, aller Menschen Hort" in Evangelisch-Lutherisches Gesang-Buch worin 500 der...fuer Gemeinen, welche sich zur unveraen ... Augsburgischen Confession Arnschwanger, Johann Christoph, son of Georg Arnschwanger, merchant in Nürnberg, was born at Nürnberg Dec. 28, 1625. He entered the University of Altdorf in 1644, and that of Jena in 1647, where he graduated M.A. Aug. 9, 1647. After short periods of residence at Leipzig, Hamburg, and Helmstädt he returned to Nürnberg in 1650. There he was successively appointed Stadt-vicar in 1651, Diaconus of the St. Aegidien Church 1652, Morning Preacher in St. Walpurga's 1654, and Diaconus of the Church of St. Lorenz 1659. where he became Senior 1670, and Archidiaconus 1690. He died at Nürnberg, Dec. 10, 1696. (Koch, iii. 517-520; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, i. 597.) A lover of music and poesy, he was the correspondent of Anton Ulrich (q. v.) and a member of the Fruitbearing Society (1675). He did not join the Nürnberg Pegnitz Shepherd Order, seeking in his poetical work simplicity and fitness for popular use rather than their somewhat affected “learnedness." The best of his hymns, some 400 in all, the most important being those published in 1659, appeared in his:— i. Neuegeistliche Lieder, Nürnberg, 1659, in two books, each containing 20 hymns, set to music by the best organists and choir masters in Nürnberg. ii. Heilige Palmen und Christliche Psalmen, Nürnberg, 1680, with 150 hymns in three divisions, with melodies by the musicians of Nürnberg. Of these hymns the only one translated into English is:— Auf, ihr Christen, lasst uns singen. [Easter.] First published in 1659 as above, Bk. i., No. 13, in 12 stanzas of 11 lines, entitled "On the Victorious Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, in which our future Resurrection is also set forth." Included in the Nürnberg Gesang-buch, 1676, No. 227, as No. 98 in pt. ii., 1714, of Freylinghausen's Gesang-Buch, and recently (reduced to stanzas i., ix.) as No. 213 in the Berlin Gesang-Buch, 1829. The only translation in common use is, “Up, ye Christians, join in singing," from the Berlin Gesang-Buch in N. L. Frothingham's Metrical Pieces, Boston, U.S., 1870, p. 194, and thence altered and beginning, "Rise, ye Christians," as No. 644 in the Swedenborgian Collection, Lond., 1880. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Johann Caspar Schade

1666 - 1698 Hymnal Number: d37 Author of "Auf, hinauf zu deiner Freude" in Evangelisch-Lutherisches Gesang-Buch worin 500 der...fuer Gemeinen, welche sich zur unveraen ... Augsburgischen Confession Schade, Johann Caspar, son of Jakob Schad or Schade, pastor and decan at Kühndorf, near Suhl, in Thuriugia, was born at Kühndorf, Jan. 18, 1666. He entered the University of Leipzig in 1685 (where he became a great friend of A. H. Francke), and then went to Wittenberg, where he graduated M.A. in 1687. On his return to Leipzig he began to hold Bible readings for the students. This soon raised ill-will against him among the Leipzig professors, and when, in 1690, he was invited to become diaconus at Würzen, near Leipzig, they interfered and prevented his settlement. In 1691 he was invited to become diaconus of St. Nicholas's church, at Berlin (where P. J. Spener had just become probst, or chief pastor), and entered on his work there on the 2nd Sunday in Advent. In his later years he raised a storm of feeling against himself by refusing to hear private confessions. The Elector of Brandenburg, in order to end the strife, appointed him, in June 1698, pastor at Derenburg, near Halberstadt. Meantime he was seized with a fever, which ended fatally at Berlin, July 25, 1698 (Koch, iv. 222, 468; Wetzel, iii. p. 23, &c). Schade was a most earnest and faithful pastor and preacher, and specially interested himself in the children of his flock. As a hymnwriter he was not particularly prolific, but of his 45 hymns a good many passed into the German hymnbooks of the period. His hymns are clear and simple in style, are composed in a considerable variety of metres, and are full of fervent love to the Lord Jesus, and of zeal for a living and practical Christianity; but they are frequently spun out, or are too subjective. A number appeared in A. Luppius's Andächtig singender Christenmund Wosel, 1692-94, and in the Geistreiches Gesang-Buch, Halle, 1697. They were collected and posthumously published as Fasciculus Cantionum, Das ist zusammen getragene geistliche Lieder, &c, Cüstrin, N.D. [1699]. Those of Schade's hymns which have passed into English are:— i. Auf! Hinauf! zu deiner Freude. Faith. First published in the Geistreiches Gesang-Buch, Halle, 1697, p. 402, in 6 stanzas of 8 lines; repeated in 1699, as above, p. 83. Recently, as No. 403, in the Unverfälschter Liedersegen 1851. The translations in common use are:— 1. Up! yes upward to thy gladness Rise, my heart. This is a good and full translation by Miss Winkworth, in her Lyra Germanica, 2nd Ser., 1858, p. 171, repeated in full in Reid's Praise Book, 1872, and, omitting st. v., in Kennedy, 1863. In her Chorale Book for England, 1863, No. 157, it is slightly altered, and st. iii. is omitted. 2. Rise, my soul! with joy and gladness. A translation of st. i., ii., vi., by F. C. C, as No. 233 in Dr. Pagenstecher's Collection, 1864. Other translations are:— (1) "Look up, my soul, to Christ thy joy," by J. B. Holmes, as No. 1099 in the Supplement of 1808 to the Moravian Hymn Book, 1801 (1886, No. 600), repeated in Bishop Kyle's Collection, 1860. (2) "Upwards, upwards to thy gladness," by Miss Dunn, 1857, p. 13. (3) "Up! yes upward to thy gladness, Rise, my soul," by W. Reid in his Praise Book, 1872. ii. Heine Seel ermuntre dich. Passiontide. In the Geistreiches Gesang-Buch, Halle, 1697, p. 215, in 15 stanzas of 6 lines, repeated in 1699, as above, p. 9, entitled "Contemplation of the suffering of Christ and surrender of His will." In the Unverfälschter Liedersegen, 1851, No. 106. Tr. as, "Rouse thyself, my Soul, and dwell." In the Supplement to German Psalmody , ed. 1765, p. 20, and in Select Hymns from German Psalmody, Tranquebar, 1754, p. 31. iii. Meine Seele willt du ruhn. This hymn, frequently ascribed to Schade, is noted under Scheffler. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Johann Major

1564 - 1654 Person Name: Joh. Major Hymnal Number: d120 Author of "Gleichwie sich sien ein Voegelein" in Evangelisch-Lutherisches Gesang-Buch worin 500 der...fuer Gemeinen, welche sich zur unveraen ... Augsburgischen Confession Major, Johann, son of Johann Gross (Latinised to Major), farmer at Reinstedt, near Orlainünde, in Thuringia, was born at Reinstedt, Dec. 26, 1564. In 1592 he was ordained as diaconus at Weimar, and in 1605 became pastor and superintendent at Jena. In 1611 he was appointed professor at Jena (D.D., July 1612), and died there Jan. 4, 1654. (J. C. Zeumer's Vitae Professorum . . . in Academia Jenensi, 1711, i., p. 117, &c.) His name is associated with the hymn "Ach Gott und Herr," which is noted under Rutilius, M., p. 982, ii. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)