Ach, wie erschrickt die böse Welt

Ach, wie erschrickt die böse Welt

Author: L. Laurenti
Published in 4 hymnals

Author: L. Laurenti

Laurenti, Laurentius, son of Herr Lorenz, or Laurenti, a burgess of Husum, in Schleswig, was born at Husum, June 8, 1660. He entered the University of Rostock in 1681, and after a year and a half spent there, went to Kiel to study music. In 1684 he was appointed cantor and director of the music at the cathedral church at Bremen. He died at Bremen, May 29, 1722 (Koch, iv. 281; Rotermund's continuation of Jöcher's Gelehrten-Lexicon, iii. 1405, &c). Laurenti was one of the best hymn-writers of the Pietistic school. His hymns are founded on the Gospels for Sundays and Festivals, and they draw out the bearing on the Christian life of the leading thoughts therein contained. They are of noble simplicity; are Scriptural, fervent, and often of genu… Go to person page >

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First Line: Ach, wie erschrickt die böse Welt
Author: L. Laurenti
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain

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Gesangbuch für Gemeinden des Evangelisch-Lutherischen Bekenntnisses #59

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Gesangbuch für Gemeinden des Evangelisch-Lutherischen Bekenntnisses (14th ed.) #59

Gesangbuch in welchem ein Sammlung geistreicher Lieder befindlich #d26

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