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Christian Friedrich Witt

Short Name: Christian Friedrich Witt
Full Name: Witt, Christian Friedrich, approximately 1660-1717
Birth Year (est.): 1660
Death Year: 1717

Christian F. Witt (b. Altenburg, Germany, d. 1660; d. Altenburg, 1716) was an editor and compiler of Psalmodia Sacra (1715); about 100 (of the 774) tunes in that collection are considered to be composed by him, including STUTTGART, which was set to the text "Sollt' es gleich." Witt was chamber organist and later Kapellmeister at the Gotha court. He composed vocal and instrumental music, including some sixty-five cantatas.

Bert Polman


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by Christian Friedrich Witt (6)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
ACH, WANN WERD ICHChristian Friedrich Witt (Composer)132123 45567 65431
FREYBERGChristian Freiderich Witt (Composer)212321 54366 515
[Gott will's machen, dass die Sachen]Christian Friedrich Witt (Composer)256711 25432 15565
[Great God, when I approach Thy throne] (Witt)Witt (Composer)153334 32114 44435
SCHMÜCKT DAS FEST MIT MAIENChristian Freidrich Witt (Composer)212315 36655 43234
STUTTGARTChristian F. Witt (Attributed)12455112 23155 64253

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