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Johann Major

Short Name: Johann Major
Full Name: Major, Johann, 1564-1654
Birth Year: 1564
Death Year: 1654

Major, Johann, son of Johann Gross (Latinised to Major), farmer at Reinstedt, near Orlainünde, in Thuringia, was born at Reinstedt, Dec. 26, 1564. In 1592 he was ordained as diaconus at Weimar, and in 1605 became pastor and superintendent at Jena. In 1611 he was appointed professor at Jena (D.D., July 1612), and died there Jan. 4, 1654. (J. C. Zeumer's Vitae Professorum . . . in Academia Jenensi, 1711, i., p. 117, &c.) His name is associated with the hymn "Ach Gott und Herr," which is noted under Rutilius, M., p. 982, ii. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Texts by Johann Major (5)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Ach Gott und Herr, wie groß und schwerJohann Major, 1564-1654 (Author)German2
Alas! my God! my sins are greatJ. Major (Author)English4
Gleichwie sich fein ein VögeleinMajor, g. 1564 † 1654 (Author)German4
Min synd, o GudJ. Major [Gross] (Alterer (German))Swedish2
Som fåglar småJoh. Major (Author)Swedish2

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