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Roger Vuataz

Arranger of "[God the love that saved mankind]" in E. A. C. C. Hymnal

Christian August Vulpius

1762 - 1827 Person Name: Christ. Aug. Vulpius, 1762-1837 Author of "Der Lenz ist angekommen" in Unser Liederbuch

1570 - 1615 Person Name: Melchior Vulpius, 1560-1616 Composer of "VULPIUS" in The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada Born into a poor family named Fuchs, Melchior Vulpius (b. Wasungen, Henneberg, Germany, c. 1570; d. Weimar, Germany, 1615) had only limited educational opportunities and did not attend the university. He taught Latin in the school in Schleusingen, where he Latinized his surname, and from 1596 until his death served as a Lutheran cantor and teacher in Weimar. A distinguished composer, Vulpius wrote a St. Matthew Passion (1613), nearly two hundred motets in German and Latin, and over four hundred hymn tunes, many of which became popular in Lutheran churches, and some of which introduced the lively Italian balletto rhythms into the German hymn tunes. His music was published in Cantiones Sacrae (1602, 1604), Kirchengesangund Geistliche Lieder (1604, enlarged as Ein schon geistlich Gesanglmch, 1609), and posthumously in Cantionale Sacrum (1646). Bert Polman