Ihr Christen [Menschen] auserkoren, hört gute neue Mär'

Ihr Christen [Menschen] auserkoren, hört gute neue Mär'

Author: Georg Werner
Published in 6 hymnals

Author: Georg Werner

Werner, Georg, born March 22, 1589, at Preussisch-Holland, near Elbing, Prussia. In 1614 he became a master in the Löbenicht school at Königsberg, and in 1616 rector of the school at Preussisch-Holland. He was then appointed, in 1621, diaconus of the Löbenicht church at Königsberg. He died at Königsberg, July 15, 1643 (Koch, iii., 206, v. 659; Goedeke's Grundriss, vol. iii., 1887, p. 134, &c). He edited the Königsberg Gesang-Buch of 1643 (earliest copy now extant has title dated 1650, and preface dated 1643), to which he contributed a number of hymns. He also contributed to B. Derschau's Gesang-Buch, 1639 (p. 1248, ii.). His Psalm versions are noted under Psalters, German. The only hymn by him which has passed into English is a transl… Go to person page >

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First Line: Ihr Christen [Menschen] auserkoren, hört gute neue Mär'
Author: Georg Werner
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain

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Gesangbuch für Gemeinden des Evangelisch-Lutherischen Bekenntnisses #33

Kirchenbuch der Ev.- Luth.-Christus Gemeinde, in New York #d421

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Neuestes Gemeinschaftliches Gesangbuch #506

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