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Selig, wer mit Recht kann sprechen

Author: Erdmann Neumeister

Neumeister, Erdmann, son of Johann Neumeister, schoolmaster, organist, &c, at Uechteritz, near Weissenfels, was born at Uechteritz, May 12, 1671. He entered the University of Leipzig in 1689, graduated M.A. in 1695, and was then for some time University lecturer. In June 1697 he was appointed assistant pastor at Bibra, and in 1698 pastor there, and assistant superintendent of the Eckartsberg district. He was then, in 1704, called by Duke Johann Georg, to Weissenfels as tutor to his only daughter, and assistant court preacher, and shortly afterwards court preacher. After the death of this princess, Neumeister was invited by the Duke's sister (she had married Count Erdmann II. von Promnitz) to Sorau, where on New Year's Day, 1706, he entered… Go to person page >

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First Line: Selig, wer mit Recht kann sprechen
Author: Erdmann Neumeister
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain
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VESPER HYMN (Bortnianski)

VESPER HYMN appeared in John A. Stevenson's Selection of Popular National Airs (1818) as a setting for Thomas Moore's "Hark! The Vesper Hymn Is Stealing." A footnote in that hymnal explained that Stevenson had added what is-now the first line of the retrain to a "Russian Air." Some later hymnals att…

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Gesangbuch für Gemeinden des Evangelisch-Lutherischen Bekenntnisses #245

Gesangbuch für Gemeinden des Evangelisch-Lutherischen Bekenntnisses #245
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Gesangbuch für Gemeinden des Evangelisch-Lutherischen Bekenntnisses (14th ed.) #245

Gesangbuch für Gemeinden des Evangelisch-Lutherischen Bekenntnisses (14th ed.) #245
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Glockenklänge #131

Glockenklänge #131

Psalterlust fuer die Christliche Jugend #d217

Psalterlust fuer die Christliche Jugend #d217

Psalterlust fuer die Christliche Jugend. Rev. #ad217

Psalterlust fuer die Christliche Jugend. Rev. #ad217
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Unser Liederbuch #144

Unser Liederbuch #144
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