Ahasver Fritsch

Born: De­cem­ber 16, 1629, Mücheln, Sax­o­ny.
Died: Au­gust 24, 1701, Ru­dol­stadt, Ger­ma­ny.

With help from the fam­ily of a young no­ble he tu­tored, Fritsch re­ceived a good ed­u­ca­tion, earn­ing his law de­gree from the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Jena in 1661. He lat­er be­came chan­cel­lor of the un­i­ver­si­ty and pres­i­dent of the Con­sis­to­ry of Ru­dol­stadt. He wrote on num­er­ous sub­jects, in­clud­ing an­ti­qui­ties, law, and re­li­gion, and col­lect­ed hymns.

Hymns--
"Liebster Im­man­u­el, Herzog der Frommen"
"Dearest Im­man­u­el, Prince of the Lowly"

Music--
WAS FRAG' ICH NACH DER WELT

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