Jeg har af Hjertens Grund afsagt

Author: Johann Bornschurer

Bornschürer, Johannes, born Nov. 5, 1625, at Schmalkalden. After studying at the Universities of Marburg, Jena, Erfurt, and Strassburg he became, in 1650, pastor at Brotterode in Hesse Cassol, 1657 at Steinbach-Hallenberg, 1661 diaconus at Schmalkalden, and in 1670 decan in the town of Tann, where he died Dec. 5, 1677 (Koch, iii. 430; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, iii. 176). To the hymn-book which he edited for use in Tann, published as Geistliche Lieder zu Ubung christlicher Gottseeligkeit, at Meiningen, 1676, he contributed five hymns, one of which is:— Gott Vater, höre unser Bitt. [Holy Baptism]. This prayer to the Holy Trinity for a blessing on the child, appeared as No. 6 of the Baptismal Hymns in 1676, as above, p. 435, in 4 st… Go to person page >

Translator: Birgitte K. Boye

Birgitte was born on March 7, 1742, in Gen­tofte, Den­mark. She was the daughter of Jens Jo­han­sen. Boye mar­ried a su­preme court judge in Co­pen­ha­gen, Den­mark. She found time to study German, French and English and translated hymns into Danish from these languages. As a hym­nist, she was in­volved with Guld­bergs og Har­boes Psalm­e­bog (Ove Guld­berg’s and Lud­vig Har­boe’s Psalt­er), to which she con­trib­ut­ed 146 hymns. She al­so pro­duced "na­tion­al dra­ma­tic writ­ing." She died on Oc­to­ber 17, 1824. Sources: Julian, p. 1001 & Stulken, p. 145  Go to person page >