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Herr Gott, du Herrscher aller Welt

Herr Gott, du Herrscher aller Welt

Author: Martin Behm (1608)
Tune: AUS TIEFER NOT (17122)
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: Martin Behm

Behm, Martin, son of Hans Behm [Bohme, Boehm, Behemb, Behem, Boheim, Bohemus or Bohemius], town-overseer of Lauban in Silesia, was born at Lauban, Sept. 16, 1557. During a protracted famine, 1574, Dr. Paul Fabricius, royal physician at Vienna, a distant kinsman, took him to Vienna, where he acted as a private tutor for two years, and then went to Strassburg, where, from Johann Sturm, Rector of the newly founded University, he received much kindness. Returning home at his mother's request after his father's death, May, 1580, he was, at Easter, 1581, appointed assistant in the Town School, and on Sept. 20, ordained diaconus of the Holy Trinity Church. After his senior had been promoted to Breslau the Town Council kept the post nominally vacan… Go to person page >

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First Line: Herr Gott, du Herrscher aller Welt
Author: Martin Behm (1608)
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain

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Evangelisches Kirchengesangbuch #379

Evangelisches Kirchengesangbuch #379

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