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Wolfgang Meuslin (Hymn-Writer)

Born: September 10, 1497 - Diuze, Lorraine, France (then German-speaking area)
Died: August 30, 1563 - Bern, Switzereland

Wolfgang Meuslin [Musculus] was first a monk, then became a Catholic priest, later became an Evangelical pastor in Dorlisheim (Alsace). In 1539 he was a pastor at the Cathedral in Straßburg, then active in the Reformation movement in Augsburg after 1530. In 1548 he was driven away from there by the events of the Interim period and then became a professor of theology in Bern where he died in 1563.

Still found in the EKG are "Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht" (based on a 6th-century Latin hymn "Christe qui lux es et dies" and verse 1 of "Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt" (Psalm 23).

Source:
Contributed by
Thomas Braatz (April 2006)

Texts of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

BWV 112; BWV 274

Chorale Texts used in Bach’s Vocal Works

Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht (1526), after early hymn Christe qui lux es et dies (c600)

Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt (verse 1, based on Psalm 23; other verses by Cornelius Becker) (1530)

Links to other Sites

Wolfgang Musculus (Wikipedia)

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