JESU, RUFE MICH

JESU, RUFE MICH

Composer: Adam Drese (1698)
Published in 5 hymnals


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Composer: Adam Drese

Drese, Adam, was born in Dec. 1620, in Thuringia, probably at Weimar. He was at first musician at the court of Duke Wilhelm, of Sachse-Weimar; and after being sent by the Duke for further training under Marco Sacchi at Warsaw, was appointed his Kapellmeister in 1655. On the Duke's death in 1662, his son, Duke/Bernhard, took Drese with him to Jena, appointed him his secretary, and, in 1672, Town Mayor. After Duke Bernhard's death, in 1678, Drese remained in Jena till 1683, when he was appointed Kapellmeister at Arnstadt to Prince Anton Günther, of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. He died at Arnstadt, Feb. 15, 1701 (Koch, iv. 270-274; Allg. Deutsche Biog., v. 397; Wetzel, i. 1934, and A. H. , vol. i., pt. iv., pp. 28-30). In 1680, the reading o… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: JESU, RUFE MICH
Composer: Adam Drese (1698)
Meter: 5.5.8.5
Incipit: 12321 34321
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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Moravian Book of Worship #285

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Moravian Book of Worship #542

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The Cyber Hymnal #13708

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