Steil und dornig ist der Pfad

Author: Samuel Gottlieb Bürde

Bürde, Samuel Gottlieb, was born Dec. 7, 1753, at Bresiau, where his father was keeper of St. Barbara's Church. After studying law at the University of Halle, he was (1776-78) tutor and superintendent of a charity school at Breslau. He then became private secretary to the Cabinet minister von Haugwitz, was for two years employed in the department of Forestry, and after being for some time secre¬tary to the department of Finance at Breslau, was appointed member of the Aulic Council and Director of Chancery at Berlin, where he d. April 28, 1831 (Koch, vi. 319-322; Allg. Deutsche Biographie, iii. 581-82. Fischer, ii. 432, says he died at Breslau). As a hymn-writer he was by some of his contempo¬raries reckoned nearly equal to Gellert, by o… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Steil und dornig ist der Pfad
Author:	Samuel Gottlieb Bürde
Language:	German
Notes:	Swahili translation: See "Njia ile nyembamba"
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Liederbuch für die Jugend #d120

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GROSSER GOTT (11171)

Also known as: FRAMINGHAM GROSSNER GROSSER GOTT HALLE HUNGARIAN MELODY LAUDAMUS PARIS PASCHAL STILLORGAN GROSSER GOTT was set to the German versification in the Katholisches Gesangbuch (see above). Variants of the tune abound; the version found in the Psalter Hymnal came from Johann Schicht's Allg…

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