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Wolfgang Musculus

1497 - 1563 Person Name: Wolfgang Meusel Hymnal Number: d347 Author of "Kriste, jenz jsi svetlo i den" in Cithara Sanctorum--Pisne Duchovni Meusel, Wolfgang, son of Anton Meusel (Meusslin, Mäusslein, Mosel, Mösel, Musculus, &c), cooper at Dieuze in Lorraine, was born at Dieuze, Sept. 8, 1497. He studied for short periods in the schools at Rappoltsweiler, Colmar, and Schlettstadt, between times wandering over the country and earning his way by his singing. In 1512 he happened to come to the Benedictine monastery at Lixheim near Saarburg, just as Vespers were being sung. His beautiful voice, as he joined in, led the monks to receive him, and here he studied music, and became organist to the cloister. In his 20th year he devoted himself to the study of theology, and soon after began to preach in the church at Lixheim, and in the neighbouring village churches. In 1518 he became acquainted with Luther's writings and embraced his views, but did not leave Lixheim till 1527, after he had declined to be elected as prior. On Dec. 26, 1527, he was formally married at Strassburg to a niece of the former prior at Lixheim. As they were without means she had to take a place as domestic servant, and he, after trying in vain to earn his living as a linen-weaver, was about to attempt to get work as a day-labourer on the fortifications, when he was appointed pastor at the village of Dorlitzheim, near Strassburg. In 1529 he became diaconus of the cathedral church at Strassburg, and then, in the beginning of 1531, was sent to Augsburg, where he for some time officiated in the Holy Cross Church, and, after the Reformation had gained the upper hand, became, in 1537, chief pastor of the Cathedral. When the Interim was forced on the magistracy in June, 1548, Meusel left Augsburg. Thereafter he had to flee from place to place, residing for longer or shorter periods at Basel, Constanz, St. Gall, and Zürich. He finally was invited to Bern as professor of theology, and went there in April, 1549. In gratitude for this timely help he refused various lucrative appointments offered to him from time to time. On Sunday, Aug. 22, 1563, he felt an attack of fever while preaching at Bern, and died on the following Sunday, Aug. 29, 1563. (Koch, ii. 83; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, xxiii. 95, &c.) Meusel's best-known work is his Commentary on the Psalms, published in 1550. Eight hymns are ascribed to him, six of which are printed by Wackernagel, iii., Nos. 946-951. A seventh, a translation of the “Christe, qui lux es et dies," is noted at p. 227, ii. The eighth is:— Der Herre ist mein treuer Hirt, Hält mich in seiner Hute. Ps. xxiii. This appeared in the Augsburg Gesang-Buch 1531, and thence in Wackernagel iii. p. 122, in 5 st. of 71. Wackernagel, seeing that Meusel wrote another version of this Psalm (beginning "Mein Hirt ist Gott, der Herre mein"), and that the version above was not given with his name till in the Nürnberg Gesang-Buch of 1601, gives it as anonymous. It was included in Babst's Gesang-Buch, 1545, in most subsequent collections up to 1700, and in the Berlin Geistliche Lieder ed. 1863, No. 411. In the Strassburg Gesang-Buch, 1560, and many later books, it begins "Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt." Translated as:— (1) "The Lord God is my Pastor gude, "in the Gude and Godlie Ballates, ed. 1568, f. 47 (1868, p. 79). (2) "The Lord my faithful Shepherd is," in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1754, pt. ii., p. 374. In the 1789 and later eds. (1886, No. 430) it begins "The Lord my Shepherd is and Guide." (3) "The Lord He is my Shepherd kind," by Mitt Manington, 1863, p. 20. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Erhart Hegenwalt

Hymnal Number: d702 Author of "Smiluj se nade mnou, Pane" in Cithara Sanctorum--Pisne Duchovni Hegenwalt, Erhart. Of this writer very little is known. He appears to have studied and graduated M.A. at Wittenberg. On Jan. 29, 1523, he attended the disputation of Zwingli, by which Zurich was won to the Reformation; and published an account of it in the same year. This narrative is dedicated to his friend and patron J. J. Rusinger, Abbot of Pfaffers (Pfeffers), and dated Zurich, May 3, 1523. Whether he is the same as Erhart Hegenwalt, who was admitted M.D. at Wittenberg, 1526, and was afterwards in practice at Frankfurt-am-Main, c. 1540, is not clear. The only hymn ascribed to him is:— Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott. Psalm li. First published on a broadsheet dated "Wittenberg freytag nach Epiphanie im 1524 Jar. Erhart Hogenwalt." Thence in Eyn Enchiridion, Erfurt, 1524, Wackernagel, iii. p. 48, the Unverfälscher Liedersegen, 1851, No. 366, &c, in 5 stanzas. of 8 lines. Translated as: (1) "O God, be mercyfull to me," by Bp. Coverdale, 1539 (Remains, 1846, p. 576). (2) "Shew pity, Lord! O Lord forgive," by J. C. Jacobi, 1722, p. 59 (1732, p. 95), and as No. 120 in pt. i. of the Moravian Hymn Book, 1754. Jacobi borrows a good many lines from Isaac Watts's version of Ps. li. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology

Joachim Pauli

1636 - 1708 Hymnal Number: d734 Author of "Tak tedy dokonavam" in Cithara Sanctorum--Pisne Duchovni

Johann Flitner

1618 - 1678 Hymnal Number: d21 Author of "Ach, co hrisny mam ciniti" in Cithara Sanctorum--Pisne Duchovni Flitner, Johann, was born Nov. 1, 1618, at Suhl, Saxony, where his father was an ironmaster. After studying theology at Wittenberg, Jena, Leipzig, and Rostock, he became in 1644 precentor, and in 1646 diaconus at Grimmen, near Greifswald. On the outbreak of the first Prusso-Swedish war he was forced to flee to Stralsund, but returned to Grimmen in May, 1660. At the death of his senior in 1664, he ought, according to custom, to have been appointed town preacher, but was passed over not only then but also in 1673 and 1676, when the post again became vacant. The outbreak of the second Prusso-Swedish war, immediately after this third disappointment, forced him again to flee to Stralsund, where he died Jan. 7, 1678 (Koch, ii. 442-445; Mohnike's Hymnologia Forschungen, pt. ii., 1832, pp. 3-54). His hymns seem to have been written during his enforced leisure at Stralsund. They appeared, with melodies, entitled Suscitabulum Musicum, as pt v. of his Himlisches Lust-Gärtlein. Greifswald, 1661 (Hamburg Library). The only one translation into English is:— Ach was soil ich Sünder machen. [Lent]. The most popular of his hymns. Appeared 1661 as above, p. 462, in 7 stanzas of 6 lines, each stanzas ending "Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht" (see note on Krymann) and with the motto "Omnia si perdam, Jesum servare studebo!" Included in the Leipzig Vorrath, 1673, No. 1089, and recently in the Unverfälscher Liedersegen 1851, No. 357. The only translation in common use is:—. What shall I a sinner do? A good translation, omitting stanza vi., as No. 110 in Miss Winkworth's Chorale Book for England, 1863. Another translation is: “What to do in my condition," is the Supplement to German Psalmody, edition 1765, p. 48. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

A. Zvetsin

Hymnal Number: d52 Author of "aj ja jsem tvuoj Jezu Kriste" in Cithara Sanctorum--Pisne Duchovni

Michal Grodzki

Hymnal Number: d281 Author of "Jezu Kriste, Pane mily" in Cithara Sanctorum--Pisne Duchovni

Juraj Zábojnik

1608 - 1672 Person Name: J. Zabojnik Hymnal Number: d98 Author of "Boze Otce, bud' pochvalen" in Cithara Sanctorum--Pisne Duchovni Zábojnik, Juraj. His hymns and prayers were published in Brewer's printery in Levoča in 1686, six of them finding their way into the Cithara. --Jaroslav J. Vajda, DNAH Archives

J. Kalinka

Hymnal Number: d313 Author of "Kdez mam hledat Jezise" in Cithara Sanctorum--Pisne Duchovni

Pavel Jakobei

1695 - 1752 Person Name: P. Jakobei Hymnal Number: d271 Author of "Acrostic, Jakobei" in Cithara Sanctorum--Pisne Duchovni Jakobei, Pavel. (1695--1752). Known hymnically for the Evanjelický Funebrál (Evangelical Funeral Hymnal), published in Bratislava in 1783, and containing eleven of his hymns, mostly original. --Jaroslav J. Vajda, DNAH Archives

Wolfgang Dachstein

1487 - 1553 Hymnal Number: d620 Author of "Pri vodach tvych o Babylon" in Cithara Sanctorum--Pisne Duchovni Dachstein, Wolfgang, was, prior to the Reformation, a monk at Strassburg, and organist of the Cathedral. In 1524 he espoused the cause of the Reformation, and in 1525 was appointed organist and assistant preacher at St. Thomas's Church, which offices he held till at least 1530 (Koch, ii. 103-104).Along with his friend M. Greitter (q.v.) he edited the first Strassburg Hymnbook, the Kirchen ampt, published in 1525. Two of his Psalm versions have been translated into English, but he is best known as author of the melody which is set to the first of these. i. An Wasserflüssen Babylon. [Ps. cxxxvii.] 1st pub. 1525, pt. iii, as above, and thence in Wackernage, iii. p. 98, in 5 st. of 10 1. The translations, almost identical, are : (1) “ At the ryvers of Babilon," by Bp. Coverdale, 1539 (Remains, 1846, p. 571). (2) "At the Rivers of Babylon," in the Gude and Godly Ballates (ed. 1568, folio 58, ed. 1868, p. 99). ii. O Herr, wer würt sein Wohnung han. [Ps. xv.] 1st published 1525 as above, and thence in Wackernagel, iii. p. 98, in 3 st. of 7 1. Translated as " O Lord, quha sail in hevin dwell with the," in the Gude and Godly Ballates, (ed. 1568, folio 46, ed. 1868, p. 78). [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)