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Short Name: | Hans Sachs |
Full Name: | Sachs, Hans, 1494-1576 |
Birth Year: | 1494 |
Death Year: | 1576 |
Sachs, Hans, the famous German poet and shoemaker, was born at Nürnberg, Nov. 5, 1494; settled there in 1516 after his journeyman wanderings, and d. there on the evening of Jan. 19,1576 (see full notices in K. Goedeke's Grundriss, vol. ii., 1886, pp. 408-437; Allg. Deutsche Biographie, xxx., 115, &c). His poetical works were collected at Nürnberg in 3 vols., folio, 1558-61 (vol. 4, 1578; vol. 5, 1579); and a complete ed. of his works is now being published by the Literary Union of Stuttgart, of which vol. xvii. appeared in 1888. His pre-Reformation hymns are given by Wackernagel, ii., Nos. 1403-1410 ; and his post-Reformation hymns by Wackernagel, iii., Nos. 83-106. Two of his hymns (Wackernagel, iii., Nos. 83, 97) have been translated by Bp. Coverdale, 1539 (see p. 442, ii., Nos. 16, 27); and two others (Wackernagel, iii., Nos. 86, 82) by Miss Winkworth, 1869, pp. 131,134. See also p. 1234, i., and p. 1543, ii. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
Texts by Hans Sachs (5)![]() | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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I proc se tak rmoutis, o srdce me | Hans Sachs (Author) | Slovak | 2 |
Rejoice, my soul, God cares for thee | Hans Sachs (Author) | 2 | |
Wach auf, mein's Herzens Schöne | Hans Sachs (Author) | German | 5 |
Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz, Bekümmerst dich und trägest Schmerz | Hans Sachs (Author) | German | 17 |
Why art thou thus cast down, my heart? | Hans Sachs (Author) | English | 4 |