[Light of the world, we hail thee] (Herzog)

[Light of the world, we hail thee] (Herzog)

Composer: J. G. Herzog
Published in 3 hymnals


Composer: J. G. Herzog

Hertzog, Johann Friedrich, LL.D., son of Johann Hertzog, diaconus of the Church of the Holy Cross, in Dresden, was born at Dresden, June 6, 1647. After the completion of his legal studies at the University of Wittenberg, he was, from 1671 to 1674, tutor to the sons of General-Lieutenant von Arnim. In 1674 he returned to Dresden to practise as an advocate, where he died March 21, 1699 (Koch, iii. 361-63; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, xii. 251). The only hymn by him which has been translated into English is:— Nun sich der Tag geendet hat, Und keine Sonn mehr scheint. [Evening.] Fischer, ii. 129, says that, according to the testimony of Hertzog's brother, this hymn was written one evening in 1670 while the author was still a student at W… Go to person page >

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Title: [Light of the world, we hail thee] (Herzog)
Composer: J. G. Herzog
Meter: 7s. 6s. D.
Incipit: 33353 21345 66212
Copyright: Public Domain

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Hymnal for the Sunday School #28

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Liederlust #134

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Sunday-School Book #109

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