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Johann Steuerlein
1546 - 1613 Author of "Das Alte Jahr Vergangen Ist" in The Cyber Hymnal Johann Steuerlein (b. Schmalkalden, Thuringia, Germany, 1546; d. Meiningen, Germany, 1613) studied law at the University of Wittenberg. From 1569 to 1589 he lived in Wasungen near Meiningen, where he served as town clerk as well as cantor and organist in the Lutheran church. From 1589 until his death he lived in Meiningen, where at various times he served as notary public, mayor, and secretary to the Elector of Saxony. A gifted poet and musician, Steurlein rhymed both the Old and New Testaments in German. A number of his hymn tunes and harmonizations were published in Geistliche Lieder (1575) and Sieben und Zwantzig Neue Geistliche Gesenge (1588).
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Johann Steuerlein
Melchior Vulpius
1570 - 1615 Composer (part 2) of "[Das alte Jahr vergangen ist]" in Evangelisches Gesangbuch Born into a poor family named Fuchs, Melchior Vulpius (b. Wasungen, Henneberg, Germany, c. 1570; d. Weimar, Germany, 1615) had only limited educational opportunities and did not attend the university. He taught Latin in the school in Schleusingen, where he Latinized his surname, and from 1596 until his death served as a Lutheran cantor and teacher in Weimar. A distinguished composer, Vulpius wrote a St. Matthew Passion (1613), nearly two hundred motets in German and Latin, and over four hundred hymn tunes, many of which became popular in Lutheran churches, and some of which introduced the lively Italian balletto rhythms into the German hymn tunes. His music was published in Cantiones Sacrae (1602, 1604), Kirchengesangund Geistliche Lieder (1604, enlarged as Ein schon geistlich Gesanglmch, 1609), and posthumously in Cantionale Sacrum (1646).
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Melchior Vulpius
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
1798 - 1874 Person Name: A. H. Hoffmann v. Fallersleben Author of "Neujahrslied" in Liederkranz Evangelischer Maennerchoere fuer Kirche und Verein
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
Wolfgang Carl Briegel
1626 - 1712 Adapter of "[Das alte Jahr vergangen ist]" in Evangelisches Gesangbuch
Wolfgang Carl Briegel
Jakob Tapp
? - 1630 Person Name: J. Tapp Author (ve. 3-6) of "Das alte jahr vergangen ist" in Deutsches Gesangbuch für die Evangelisch-Luterische Kirche in den Vereinigten Staaten Tapp, Jakob. Little is known of this writer. He became pastor primarius and superintendent at Schöningen, Brunswick, in 1616, and died there in 1630 (MS. from Superintendent Wichmann, Seboningen, &c). The hymn, "Das alte Jahr vergangen ist" has sometimes been ascribed to him. See p. 1093, i.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
Jakob Tapp
