Short Name: | Friedrich Conrad Hiller |
Full Name: | Hiller, Friedrich Conrad, 1662-1726 |
Birth Year: | 1662 |
Death Year: | 1726 |
Hiller, Friedrich Conrad, was born at Unteröwisheim, near Bruchsal, in 1662. In 1680 he began the study of law at the University of Tübingen, where he became a licentiate in civil and canon law. He died at Stuttgart, Jan. 23, 1726, where he had been since 1685 advocate in chancery at the ducal court.
His hymns, which found favour in Hannover, and have kept their place in Wtirttemberg, appeared in his Denck-mahl der Erkentniss, Liebe und Lob Gottes, in neuen geistlichen Liedern, &c, Stuttgart, 1711, with melodies by J. G. C. Storl. The only one tranlated into English is:—
O Jerusalem du schöne. Heaven. 1711, as above, p. 535, in 7 stanzas of 6 lines, entitled Longing after Eternal Life. It has been a great favourite in Württemberg, and was included in the Württemberg Gesang-Buch, 1742, and again in that of 1842. The fine melody set to it in 1711 is found in the Sarum Hymnal, 1868, No. 252.
The translations are: (1) "O Jerusalem the golden," by R. Massie, 1864, p. 140, repeated in Reid's Praise Book, 1872. (2) "O Jerusalem! fair dwelling," in J. D. Burns's Memoir and Remains, 1869, p. 256. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology
Texts by Friedrich Conrad Hiller (10)![]() | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Du, Gott, hast's angefangen | Friedrich Conrad Hiller (Author) | German | 7 |
Faith calmeth every care | F. Hiller (Author) | 1 | |
Ich lobe dich, mein Auge schauet | Friedrich Conrad Hiller (Author) | German | 19 |
Ich lobe dich von ganzer Seelen | Friedrich Konrad Hiller (Author) | German | 4 |
Jehova, Herr und König der Könige und Herrn! | Friedrich Conrad Hiller (Author) | German | 3 |
O Jerusalem, du Schöne, da man Gott beständig ehrt | Friedrich Conrad Hiller (Author) | German | 72 |
O Jerusalem, fair dwelling | Friedrich Conrad Hiller (Author) | 2 | |
O Jerusalem the golden, Where God's praises ever ring | Friedrich Conrad Hiller (Author) | English | 3 |
Ruhet wohl ihr Totenbeine | Friedrich Conrad Hiller (Author) | German | 29 |
Who to the end endures | F. Hiller (Author) | 1 |