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Cyriacus Schneegass

1546 - 1597 Person Name: Chr. Schneegaß Hymnal Number: 96 Author of "Das liebe neue Jahr geht an" in Evangelisches Gesangbuch. Nach Zustimmung der Provinszialsznode vom Jahre 1884 zur Einfürung in der Provinz Brandenburg mit Genehmigung des Evangelischen Oberkirchenrats Sehneegass, Cyriacus, was born Oct. 5, 1546, at Buffleben, near Gotha. He studied and graduated M.A. at the University of Jena. In 1573 he became pastor of the St. Blasius church at Friedrichroda, near Gotha. He was also adjunct to the Superindendent of Weimar, and in this capacity signed the Formula of Concord in 1579. He died at Friedrichroda, Oct. 23, 1597 (Koch, ii. 252, &c). Schneegass was a diligent pastor, a man mighty in the Scriptures, and firm and rejoicing in his faith. He was also an excellent musician and fostered the love of music among his people. His hymns reflect his character, and are good and simple, setting forth in clear and intelligible style the leading ideas of the festivals of the Christian year, &c.; and his Psalm versions are also of considerable merit. They appeared principally in his (l) xv. Psalmi graduum, &c, Erfurt, 1595 [Gotha Library], This contains the Psalms of Degrees (120-134) also Ps. 82 and 85, and three hymns. (2) Weihenacht und New Jahrs-Gesäng, Erfurt, 1595. Koch speaks of this as containing 9 hymns. The present writer has been unable to trace a copy of the book. (3) Geistliche Lieder und Psalmen. Für Einfeltigefrome Herzen zugerichtet, Erfurt, 1597 [Berlin Library]. This is the complete edition of his psalms and hymns, containing 72 in all. Of his hymns those which have passed into English are:— i. Das neugeborne Kindelein. Christmas. Probably first published in No. 2 above. Included in 1597 as above, No. 1, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, entitled "A beautiful little Christmas hymn on the dear little Jesus." Repeated in Wackernagel, v. p. 138, and as No. 65 in the Unverfälschter Liedersegen1851. The translations in common use are:— 1. The holy Son, the new-born Child, A good and full tr. by A. T. Russell, as No. 60 in his Psalms & Hymns, 1851. 2. The new-born Child this early morn. In full as No. 46 in the Ohio Lutheran Hymnal 1880. Another tr. is (3) "The new-born Babe, whom Mary bore," as No. 439 in pt. i. of the Moravian Hymn Book , 1754. ii. Herr Gott Vater, wir preisen dich. New Year. Probably first published in No. 2 above. Included in 1597 as above, No. 7, in 4 stanzas of 7 lines, entitled "A New Year's Hymn." Repeated in Wackernagel, v. p. 139, in the Pfalz Gesang-Buch 1859, No. 129, and the Ohio Gesang-Buch, 1870, No. 54. The translation in common use is:— O Lord our Father, thanks to Thee. In full, by A. Crull, in the Ohio Lutheran Hymnal, 1880. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Thomas Hartmann

1548 - 1609 Person Name: Th. Hartmann Hymnal Number: 166 Author of "Wir danken dir Herr Jesu Christ" in Evangelisches Gesangbuch. Nach Zustimmung der Provinszialsznode vom Jahre 1884 zur Einfürung in der Provinz Brandenburg mit Genehmigung des Evangelischen Oberkirchenrats

Johann Neunherz

1653 - 1737 Person Name: J. Neunherz Hymnal Number: 167 Author of "Zween der Jünger gehn mit Sehnen" in Evangelisches Gesangbuch. Nach Zustimmung der Provinszialsznode vom Jahre 1884 zur Einfürung in der Provinz Brandenburg mit Genehmigung des Evangelischen Oberkirchenrats Neunhertz, Johannes, son of Johannes Neunhertz, weaver at Waltersdorf, near Kupferberg, in Silesia, was born at Waltersdorf Aug. 16, 1653, and entered the University of Leipzig in June, 1673 (M.A. 1676). In 1678 he was appointed assistant preacher at Lauban, in Silesia; in 1680 pastor at Kiesslingswalde; and in 1696 pastor at Geibsdorf, both near Lauban. He then became, in 1706, diaconus of the Holy Trinity Church, and also morning preacher at the Holy Cross Church in Lauban. Finally, in 1709, he was appointed chief pastor at Hirschberg, in Silesia, and died there Nov. 26, 1737 (S. J. Ehrhardt's Presbyterologie Schlesiens, 1780-89, iii. pt. ii. p. 187; Koch, v. 450; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie xxiii. 549; Bode, p. 121—-the first dating his birth 1652). Neunhertz was the author of a large number of hymns, good and flowing in style, but often lengthy and with little power or concentration. They appeared in his various works:— (1) Eyangelische Sabbaths-Freude, Zittau, 1690. (2) Christliche Leid-Andachten, Lauban, 1698. (3) Evangelische Ilertz-Ermunterung, Leipzig, 1701. (4) Tröstliche . . . Andachten, Lauban, 1709; 2nd edition as Andachts-Flammen, Budissin, 1717; and in the Silesian hymn-books of the period. A large number are given in the Hirschberg Gesang-Buch, 1741, a few in Burg's Gesang-Buch, Breslau, 1746, and some still survive in modern collections. The only hymn by him which seems to have passed into English is:— Zweene Jünger gehn mit Sehnen. Eastertide. A hymn on the Two Disciples on their way to Emmaus (St. Luke xxiv. 13-35). Included in the Lauban Gesang-Buch, 1707, p. 162 [Wernigerode Library], as No. 5 of the Easter Hymns, in 9 st. of 8 1., and marked as by M J. Neunhertz. Also in the Berlin Geistliche Lieder, ed. 1863, No. 326. The form translation into English is: "Trauernd und mit bangem Sehnen." This appeared in the Liegnitz Gesang-Buch,1804 (ed. 1819, No. 155), and is repeated in the Württemberg Gesang-Buch, 1842, No. 176, in 7 stanzas. It is a recast by L. E. S. Müller. The translation in common use is:— Sad with longing, sick with fears. A full and good translation from the 1842 text by Miss Winkworth, in her Lyra Germanica, 2nd Ser. 1858, p. 43. In the Pennsylvania Lutheran Church Book, 1868, the translations of st. iv.-vii. altered and beginning, "Truest Friend, Who canst not fail," were given as No. 440. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Christian F. H. Sachse

1785 - 1860 Person Name: Chr. Sachse Hymnal Number: 627 Author of "Wohlauf, wohlan zum letzten Gang" in Evangelisches Gesangbuch. Nach Zustimmung der Provinszialsznode vom Jahre 1884 zur Einfürung in der Provinz Brandenburg mit Genehmigung des Evangelischen Oberkirchenrats Sachse, Christian Friedrich Heinrich, D.D., was born July 2, 1785, at Eisenberg, Sachse-Altenburg, where his father was cantor, and also master in the town school. In the years 1804-1807 he was a student at the University of Jena (D.D. from Jena 1841), and was, thereafter, for some time, a private tutor at Kleinlauchstedt, near Merseburg. In 1812 he became diaconus at Meuselwitz, near Altenburg. He was appointed, in 1823, Court preacher at Altenburg; and also, in 1831, Consistorialrath. After 1849 he had many trials to endure, for seven children and his wife predeceased him, leaving him only one daughter; while his bodily infirmities compelled him, in 1859, to give up his duties in the consistory, and, in Feb. 1860, to resign even his work as Court preacher. He died at Altenburg, Oct. 9, 1860 (Koch, vii. 22; O. Kraus, ed. 1879, p. 418, &c). By his earlier hymns, published in 1817, in connection with the Tercentenary of the Reformation, Sachse had a share in the reawakening of Churchly life among the Lutherans. The more important of his other hymns appeared in his Geistliche Gesänge zum Gebrauch bei Beerdigungen und bei der Todtenfeier, Altenburg, 1822 [Hamburg Library]; and were written, to be used at funerals, during his resi¬dence at Meuselwitz; or for use at the special service introduced there in 1819, and held in memory of the departed, on the evening of the last day of the year. A number of his later hymns, together with selections from his secular poems, were published posthumously, as his Gedicht, Altenburg, 1861. A considerable number of his hymns passed into the Hamburg Gesang-Buch, 1842, Leipzig Gesang-Buch 1844, and other German hymn-books, prior to 1870. Those of Sachse's hymns which have been translated into English are:— i. Wohlan! die Erde wartet dein. Burial. First published, 1822, as above, No. 2, p. 5, in 8 st. of 4 1., entitled, "At the Grave.” Included in Knapp's Evangelischer Lieder-Schatz, 1837, No. 3375 (1865, No. 2947), altered, and beginning, "Lebwohl! die Erde wartet dein." The translation in common use is:— Beloved and honoured, fare thee well! This is a full and good translation by Miss Borthwick, in Hymns from the Land of Lutehr, 3rd Ser., 1858, p. 56 (1884, p. 176… ii. Wohlauf, wohlauf zum letzten Gang. Burial. First published, 1822, as above, No. i., p. 3, in 17 stanzas of 5 1ines, entitled "Hymn during the funeral proces¬sion." Stanzas i.-v. seem to have been meant to be sung at the house of mourning; st. vi.-xiv., on the way to the churchyard ; and st. xv.-xvii., at the entrance to the "place of peace." It was sung at his own funeral in 1860…. Of this hymn, the late Dr. James Hamilton, in an article in the Family Treasury, 1860, pt. i., p. 116), wrote thus:— On behalf of England, we have sometimes envied the brighter hope--the look of Easter Morning-—which seems to linger still in Luther's land. With its emblems, suggestive of resurrection and heaven, its churchyard is not a Pagan burial ground, but the place where believers sleep,—-a true cemetery, to which friendship can find it pleasant to repair and meditate. At the obsequies of Christian brethren, it is not a funeral knell which strikes slowly and sternly; but from the village steeple there sheds a soft and almost cheerful requiem; and though there may be many wet eyes in the procession, there are not many of the artificial insignia of woe, as the whole parish convoys the departed to his 'bed of peaceful rest.’ Once, in the Black Forest, we accompanied to the ‘place of peace,' an old man's funeral, and there still dwells on our ear the quaint and kindly melody which the parishioners sang along the road; and we have sometimes wished that we could hear the like in our own land [Scotland], with its sombre and silent obsequies." The translation in common use is:— Come forth! come on, with solemn song. A good translation of st. i.-iii., v., xv.-xvii., by Miss Borthwick, in Hymns from the Land of Luther, 2nd Ser., 1855, p. 68 (1884, p. 126). … Other translations are: — (1) "Happy the man who seeks the prize "(st. vi.). By Dr. H. Mills, 1845 (1856, p. 236). (2) "Neighbour, accept our parting song." By Dr. James Hamilton, in the Family Treasury, p. 116, as above; and sung at his own funeral in 1867. (3) "O corpse, thy dwelling's now without." By Dr. G. Walker, 1860, p. 110. (4) “Come forth, move on, with solemn song." In the Christian Examiner, Boston, U.S., Nov. 1860, p. 414. Another hymn, partly by Sachse, is:— iii. Der Herr der Ernte winket. Burial. First published, 1822, as above, No. vi., p. 11, in 6 st. of 8 1., entitled, "At the funeral of an aged person." … [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Hieronymus Annoni

1697 - 1770 Person Name: H. Annoni Hymnal Number: 47 Author of "Jesu, Jesu, Brunn des Lebens" in Evangelisches Gesangbuch. Nach Zustimmung der Provinszialsznode vom Jahre 1884 zur Einfürung in der Provinz Brandenburg mit Genehmigung des Evangelischen Oberkirchenrats

Johann Gramann

Person Name: J. Gramann Hymnal Number: 14 Author of "Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren" in Evangelisches Gesangbuch. Nach Zustimmung der Provinszialsznode vom Jahre 1884 zur Einfürung in der Provinz Brandenburg mit Genehmigung des Evangelischen Oberkirchenrats See also Poliander, Johann, 1487-1541

Johannes Schneesing

1497 - 1567 Person Name: J. Schneesing Hymnal Number: 284 Author of "Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" in Evangelisches Gesangbuch. Nach Zustimmung der Provinszialsznode vom Jahre 1884 zur Einfürung in der Provinz Brandenburg mit Genehmigung des Evangelischen Oberkirchenrats Schneesing, Johannes, sometimes called Cnionmsus or Chyomusus, was a native of Frankfurt-am-Main. He was appointed, sometime before 1524, assistant to Johann Langenhayn, pastor of St. Margaret's church, in Gotha, who had begun, in 1522, to preach the doctrines of the Reformation. Subsequently he became pastor at Friemar, near Gotha; and in the records of the Visitation in 1534, he is described as a "learned, diligent, pious, and godly man." He died at Friemar, in 1567. (Koch, i. 376, &c.) During Sehneesing's early years at Friemar, his energies were greatly exercised in combating the Anabaptist doctrines promulgated in the neighbourhood by Nicolaus Storch, of Zwickau. Throughout his incumbency, he greatly interested himself in the children of his flock, for whom he prepared a Catechism, taught them in school, catechised them in church, and, as his pupil, Marx Wagner declares, taught them to sing many hymns and tunes which he had himself composed. He also possessed some skill as a painter. The only hymn which has been ascribed to Schneesing, with any certainty, is— Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ. Penitence. The earliest hymn-book to which this has yet been traced, is the (Low German) Magdeburg Gesang-Buch, 1542, where it begins, "Alleyn tho dy," and is entitled, "A Hymn of Penitence." Wackernagel, iii., pp. 174-177, gives this, and three other forms (the oldest being from an undated Nürnberg broadsheet, circa 1540), and ascribes it to Schneesing. It was included by Luther in V. Babst's Gesang-Buch, 1545; and this text, in 4 stanzas of 9 lines, is repeated in many later collections, as in the Unverfälschter Liedersegen, 1851, No. 361. Bunsen, in his Versuch, 1833, p. 85, calls it "an immortal hymn of prayer of a confident faith." Its rhymes show that it was evidently written in High German, and, therefore, apparently, earlier than 1542. In the earliest broadsheets and hymnbooks, it appears without name…. The translations of Schneesing's hymn are:— 1. In Thee alone, 0 Christ, my Lord. A good tr. of st. i.—iii.- by A. T. Russell, as No. 194, in his Psalms & Hymns, 1851. 2. Lord Jesus Christ, in Thee alone. A good and full tr., by Miss Winkworth, in her Lyra Germanica, 2nd Ser., l858, p. 129. Repeated, slightly varied in metre in her Chorale Book for England, 1863, No. 112. Other translations are:— (1) "In Thee, Lord Christ, is fix'd my hope." By J. C. Jacobi, 1725, p. 20. (2) “In Thee alone, Lord Jesus Christ." This is No. 308, in pt. i, of the Moravian Hymn Book, 1754. (3) " In Thee, O Christ, is all my Hope." This is based on Jacobi's tr., and is No. 539, in pt. i., of the Moravian Hymn Book, 1754 (1886, No. 284). Included in the 1780 and later eds. of Lady Huntingdon's Selection. (4) “According to Thy mercy, Lord." This is a translation of st. iii., by J. Swertner, as st. i. of No. 720, in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1789 (1886, No. 711). [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Johannes Mühlmann

1573 - 1613 Person Name: J. Mühlmann Hymnal Number: 522 Author of "Dank sei Gott in der Höhe" in Evangelisches Gesangbuch. Nach Zustimmung der Provinszialsznode vom Jahre 1884 zur Einfürung in der Provinz Brandenburg mit Genehmigung des Evangelischen Oberkirchenrats Mühlmann, Johannes, son of Hieronymus Mühlmann or Mühlmann, pastor at Pegau, near Leipzig, was born at Pegau, July 28, 1573. He studied at the Universities of Leipzig (M.A. January, 1597) and Jena, and was then for some time Saturday preacher at St. Thomas's Church in Leipzig. In 1599 he was appointed diaconus of the St. Wenzel Church in Naumburg, and in 1604 pastor at Laucha on the Unstrut. In the end of 1604 he became archidiaconus of the St. Nicholas Church at Leipzig, and, in 1607, was also appointed Professor of Theology in the University, and D.D. in 1612. He died of typhus at Leipzig, Nov. 14, 1613. (Allgemeine Deutsch Biographie, xxii. 483; Goedeke's Grundriss, vol. iii., 1887, p. 151, &c.) Mühlmann was a staunch upholder of Lutheran orthodoxy, alike against Romanists and Calvinists. He was a great lover of the Psalms; his published sermons, as well as his hymns, are based on them, and almost his last words were Ps. lxiii., 3, "Thy lovingkindness is better than life." Wackernagel v. pp. 443-447, gives five hymns under his name, all of which are found in the Geistliche Psalmen, &c, published at Nürnberg in 1618, by J. Lauer. [The only known copy, in the Royal Library, Berlin, has lost its titlepage.] Two of Mühlmann's hymns have passed into English, viz.:— i. Dank sei Gott in der Höhe. Morning. The most popular of his hymns. Appeared 1618 as above, with his initials, and thence in Wackernagel v. p. 444, in 7 st. of 8 1. Also in the Unverfälschter Liedersegen, 1851, No. 443. Translated as:— While yet the morn is breaking. A good translation of st. i., ii., v., vii. by Miss Winkworth, as No. 163 in her Chorale Book for England, 1863. Repeated in full in the Ohio Lutheran Hymnal, 1880, and abridged in the Marlborough College Hymn Book, 1869. Another translation "Christ is the vine, we branches are" (st. vii.). By J. Swertner, as No. 438, in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1789 (1849, No. 612). ii. 0 Lebens-Brünnlein tief und gross. Ps. lxv. Appeared 1618 as above, with his initials, in 9 st. of 9 1., entitled "a hymn from the 65th Psalm." Thence in Wackernagel v. p. 446; also in the Unverfälschter Liedersegen, 1851, No. 426. It is really a hymn on Christ as the Fountain of Life here and in Eternity, and with Ps. lxv. 10 as its motto. Translated as:— 0 spring of Life, so deep, so great. A good translation of st. i., ii., v., vi., ix. by A. T. Russell, as No. 166 in his Psalms & Hymns, 1851. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Margrave Albrecht Alcibiades

1522 - 1557 Person Name: Albrecht, Markgraf zu Brandenburg Hymnal Number: 478 Author of "Was mein Gott will, gescheh allzeit" in Evangelisches Gesangbuch. Nach Zustimmung der Provinszialsznode vom Jahre 1884 zur Einfürung in der Provinz Brandenburg mit Genehmigung des Evangelischen Oberkirchenrats

August Buchner

1591 - 1661 Person Name: A. Buchner Hymnal Number: 524 Author of "Der schöne Tag bricht an" in Evangelisches Gesangbuch. Nach Zustimmung der Provinszialsznode vom Jahre 1884 zur Einfürung in der Provinz Brandenburg mit Genehmigung des Evangelischen Oberkirchenrats