Przyjdź, ach przyjdź

Author: Heinrich Held

Held, Heinrich, was son of Valentin Held of Guhrau, Silesia. He studied at the Universities of Königsberg (c. 1637-40), Frankfurt a. Oder (1643), and Leyden. He was also in residence at Rostock in 1647. He became a licentiate of law, and settled as a lawyer in his native place, where he died about 1659, or at least before Michaelmas, 1661 (Koch, iii. 55-56; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie., xi. 680; Bode, p. 87, &c). One of the best Silesian hymnwriters, he was taught in the school of affliction, having many trials to suffer in those times of war. His only extant poetical work is his Deutscher Gedichte Vortrab, Frankfurt a. Oder, 1643. Only one hymn from that volume came into German use. Much more important are his other hymns, which are k… Go to person page >

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First Line: Przyjdź, ach przyjdź, Duchu żywota
Title: Przyjdź, ach przyjdź
German Title: Komm, o komm, du Geist des Lebens
Author: Heinrich Held (1658)
Source: Przekład: Śpiewnik górnośląski, 1931
Language: Polish
Copyright: Public Domain

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