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    century, Praxis pietatis melica. Crüger was born in Groß Breesen (now part of Guben) as the son of an innkeeper, Georg Crüger. He was an ethnic Sorb, baptized...
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    pastor Martin Rinkart. Its hymn tune, Zahn No. 5142, was published by Johann Crüger in the 1647 edition of his Praxis pietatis melica. Martin Rinkart was...
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    Lutheran hymn in German, with lyrics by Johann Franck and a hymn tune by Johann Crüger. It was first published in Crüger's 1649 Geistliche Kirchen-Melodien,...
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  • Crüger, sometimes spelt in English and other languages Crueger, may refer to: Arved Crüger (1911–1942), World War II Luftwaffe wing commander and Knight's...
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    composed by Crüger, mostly to texts by Johann Heermann. In 1643, Crüger met Paul Gerhardt, who had taken up a position as a tutor in Berlin. Crüger wrote melodies...
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    in German, written by Johann Franck in 1650, with a melody, Zahn No. 8032, by Johann Crüger. The song first appeared in Crüger's hymnal Praxis pietatis...
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  • Nicolai (1556–1608), Johann Heermann (1585–1647), and Paul Gerhardt (1607–76). Michael Praetorius (1571–1621), and Johann Crüger (1598–1662) also gained...
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    line); for 2020-2030 (green line) Johann Crüger (1598–1662), hymns composer, cantor in Berlin (St. Nicolai) Johann Franck (1618–1677), lawyer, mayor of...
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    music from the Renaissance to contemporary by composers such as Johann Crüger, Johann Sebastian Bach, Hugo Distler and Ernst Pepping. Initially, "Nun...
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    poems brought him to the attention of Johann Crüger, the cantor and organist at the Nicolaikirche in Berlin. Crüger was impressed by Gerhardt's hymns and...
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    The tune, Zahn No. 983, was written ten years later by Johann Crüger and first appeared in Crüger's Neues vollkömmliches Gesangbuch Augsburgischer Confession...
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  • christendom) is a Christian hymn by Georg Thurmair, set to a 1653 melody by Johann Crüger. It is a song of praise, focused on unity within the church. The hymn...
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  • Herbert Crüger (1911-2003), German politician Hermann Crüger (1818-1864), German pharmacist Johann Crüger (1598–1662), German composer John Cruger (1678–1744)...
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    and rhythmically simplified for Gerhardt's German hymn in 1656 by Johann Crüger. Johann Sebastian Bach arranged the melody and used five stanzas of the...
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    we all our God") which was written c. 1636. It was set to music by Johann Crüger about 1647, and translated into English in the 19th century by Catherine...
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  • I meet Thee". Johann Crüger first published the hymn in 1653 in the fifth edition of the hymnal Praxis Pietatis Melica by Johann Crüger, with a melody...
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    (1585–1672) Johann Hermann Schein (1586–1630) Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654) Johann Schop (c. 1590–1667) Heinrich Scheidemann (c. 1595–1663) Johann Crüger (1598–1662)...
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    others (lyrics and/or settings by Martin Luther, Johann Hermann Schein, Paul Gerhardt, Johann Crüger, Andreas Hammerschmidt, etc). Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch...
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    Williams / Henry V by Sir William Walton / Now Thank We All Our God by Johann Crüger, Martin Rinkart & Catherine Winkworth / Wedding Celebration, The Bottle...
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    Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 (category Motets by Johann Sebastian Bach)
    Johann Franck, first published in 1653. The motet contains the six stanzas of the hymn in its odd-numbered movements. The hymn tune by Johann Crüger appears...
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    Praxis pietatis melica by Johann Crüger, an important German Lutheran hymnal from the 17th century...
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  • Lutheran hymn in German, with text by Johann Franck and melody by Johann Crüger. It was first published in Crüger's 1649 Geistliche Kirchen-Melodien, and...
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    Early Dutch settler in colonial North America (b. 1604) February 23 – Johann Crüger, German composer of well-known hymns (b. 1598) March 10 – Samuel Hartlib...
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  • the base for a 1640 composition by Johann Crüger and a four-part setting by Samuel Scheidt, written in 1650. Johann Pachelbel used it in part 3 of his...
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    kept at the Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin. Alumni Johann Crüger (1598–1662), composer Johann Gottfried Schadow, (1764–1850), architect Friedrich Daniel...
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    faciem tuam" (Make thy face to shine). Vocal settings were written by Johann Crüger, Heinrich Schütz, Joseph Haydn, and Felix Mendelssohn, among others...
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    Margarete Brömsen, 1642 Portrait of Johann Crüger, 1663 Portrait of Anna Rosina Marquart, née Tanck, wife of Johann Marquard [de], mayor of Lübeck, 1642...
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    in turn cites: T. W. Danzel, Gottsched und seine Zeit (Leipzig, 1848) J. Crüger, J. C. Gottsched, Bodmer und Breitinger (Stuttgart, 1884) F. Braitmaier...
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    a sacred morning song with a text by Paul Gerhardt and a melody by Johann Crüger, who first published it in the fifth edition of his hymnal Praxis pietatis...
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  • 1598 – Johann Crüger, Sorbian-German composer and theorist (d. 1662) 1624 – Henrik Rysensteen, Dutch military engineer (d. 1679) 1627 – Johann Caspar...
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