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Johann Rosenmüller

1619 - 1684 Person Name: J. Rosenmüller, 1619-84 Composer of "STRAF MICH NICHT" in Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary Johann Rosenmueller, b. about 1615, Kursachsen; d. 1686, Wolfenbuettel Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

Karl August Döring

1783 - 1844 Person Name: C. A. Döring, 1783-1844 Author of "Father, Son, and Holy Ghost" in Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary Döring, Carl August, son of B. L. Döring, chief forester at Mark-Alvensleben, near Magdeburg, was born at Mark-Alvensleben, Jan. 22, 1783. After completing his studies at the University of Halle, he was for some time private tutor at Waldenburg, in Silesia. In 1808 he was appointed a master in the school at Kloster-Bergen, near Magdeburg; and after its dissolution by Napoleon in 1810, acted for some time as a private tutor at Helmsdorf, near Eisleben. He was, in 1814, appointed afternoon preacher at St. Peter's Church, Magdeburg; in 1815 Archidiaconus of St. Andrew's Church at Eisleben; and in 1816 Pastor of the Lutheran Church at Elberfeld. He died at Elberfeld, Jan 17, 1844 (Koch, vii. 159-168; Allg. Deutsche Biog. , v. 348-349). One of the most prolific of German hymnwriters, he produced some 1200 hymns, not a few of which have passed into use in Germany through the Berlin Gesang-Buchem, 1829, the Nassau Gesang-Buch, 1844, and other collections. They appeared mostly in his Christliches Hausgesangbuch. Of this pt. i was published at Elberfeld, 1821, with 515 hymns by himself, and 169 by others; the 2nd edition, Elberfeld, 1825, omitting those by other authors, and increasing his own to 630. Part ii was published at Elberfeld, 1830, with 551 hymns. Three have been translated:— i. Ich weiss, dass mein Erlöser lebt, Er ward ja schon mein Leben! [Easter.] 1821, as above, No. 100, in 6 stansas, translated as “I know that my Redeemer lives; He is my life already," by N. L. Frothingham, 1870, p. 157. ii. Vater, Sohn and heil'ger Geist. [Confirmation.] 1821, as above (No. 546), as a hymn for Confirmation. It is in 15 stanzas of various metres, st. i.-iii. being marked as to be sung by the congregation on behalf of the children; stanzas viii.-xiii. as a hymn of supplication by the children; stanzas iv.-vii. by the parents and teachers; and stanzas xiv.-xv., by the congregation as a general supplication. Two parts are in German common use, viz. stanzas i.-iii. as Rin Bunsen's Versuch, 1833, No. 614, beginning, "Segne, Vater, Sohn und Geist," as in Döring's edition 1825, No. 502; and stanzas viii.-xiii., beginning, "Wir flehn um deine Gnade," in Bunsen, No. 615, the Hamburg Gesang-Buch, 1842, No. 276, and many recent collections. The only translation in common use is— Father, Son and Holy Ghost, Bless the Young. A good translation of stanzas i.-iii. by J. S. Stallybrass, in the Tonic Sol-fa Reporter, January, 1859, and thence, as No. 329, in the Scottish Presbyterian Hymnal, 1876. iii. Taufe mich mit deiner Taufe, [Whitsuntide.] 1821, as above, No. 135, in 4 stanzas. It is translated as "With other baptism, Lord, baptise," by Dr. G. Walker, 1860, p. 66. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

F. Melius Christiansen

1871 - 1955 Person Name: F. M. Christiansen, 1871-1955 Harmonizer of "STRAF MICH NICHT" in Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary F. Melius Christiansen (April 1, 1871-June 1, 1955) was a Norwegian-born violinist and choral conductor in the Lutheran choral tradition. Fredrik Melius Christiansen, the son of a Norwegian factory worker, was born in Eidsvold, municipality in Akershus county, Norway and emigrated to the United States at the age of 17. He settled in Washburn, Wisconsin. He studied at Augsburg College. In 1897, he returned to Europe to study three years at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Leipzig, Germany. In 1901, Christiansen was recruited by St. Olaf College president John N. Kildahl. The St. Olaf Choir was founded as an outgrowth of the St. John's Lutheran Church Choir in Northfield. For the next 30 years, Christiansen led the St. Olaf Choir, striving for perfect intonation, blend, diction and phrasing. He was a skilled conductor, directing bands and choirs alike. He assumed direction of the St. Olaf Band in 1903, and took the ensemble on tour to Norway in 1906 to play for King Haakon VII, making it the first college music ensemble to conduct a tour abroad. Though his first love was the violin, he received international fame as founding director of the St. Olaf Choir of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, USA from 1912 to 1944. Christiansen was considered a pioneer in the art of a cappella (unaccompanied) choral music. Christiansen composed and arranged over 250 musical selections and his choral techniques were spread throughout the U.S. by St. Olaf graduates. The great Christiansen choral tradition is a recognized feature of American Lutheranism. Four of Dr. Christiansen's children survived to adulthood two of them adding their own legacy to the Christiansen tradition of choral music in America. --en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

James Steven Stallybrass

1826 - 1888 Person Name: J. S. Stallybrass, d. 1888 Translator of "Father, Son, and Holy Ghost" in Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary Stallybrass, James Steven, fourth son of the Rev. Edward Stallybrass, of the London Missionary Society, was born Oct. 3, 1826, at Selenginsk, in the province of Irkutsk, Siberia, where his father was then stationed. He resided for many years in Stoke Newington, London, and died there Dec. 2, 1888. He was a well known educationist, and translated from the German a number of scientific and other works. He contributed a large number of translations from German hymns and poems to the various publications of Mr. Curwen, e. g. to the Songs and Tunes for Education, 1861; the Tonic Sol fa Reporter, &c. In 1859 he contributed translations of 4 German hymns to Mr. Curwen's Sabbath Hymn Book (Nos. 234, 417, 418, 420). To Mr. Curwen's Child's Own Hymn Book, 1862, he also contributed:— 1. Who through Heaven is guiding. God the Child's Guide. This was originally published in 5 stanzas of 5 lines, as No. 117 in Songs and Tunes, 1861, and marked as a translation, but Mr. Stallybrass in 1881 could not remember from what. It has since been included in the Congregational Book of Praise for Children, 1881. 2. High heaven! my home and fatherland. Heaven Anticipated. First published in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, as No. 195, in Songs and Tunes, 1861, and marked as a translation, but Mr. Stallybrass in 1881 regarded it as an original composition. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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