Severus Gastorius (1646-1682) was a cantor in Jena, Thuringia. The son of a Weimar school teacher, Severus was born with the family name Bauchspiess (later...

cantor Severus Gastorius, whom he knew from school and university, was "seriously ill" and confined to his bed in Jena. The account credits Gastorius, believing...

to console his sick friend, the cantor Severus Gastorius, who may have wished a song for his funeral. Gastorius is supposed to have composed the melody...

compared to the chorale cantatas on the same chorale with a melody by Severus Gastorius. In the opening chorus, the mostly homophonic setting of the voices...