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Jakob Tapp (Hymn-Writer) |
Born: ?
Died: 1630 - Schöningen, Braunschweig (Brunswick), Lower Saxony, Germany |
Little is known of the hymn-writer Jakob Tapp . He became pastor primarius and superintendent at Schöningen, Brunswick, in 1616, and died there in 1630 (MS. from Superintendent Wichmann, Seboningen, &c). The hymn, "Das alte Jahr vergangen ist" has sometimes been ascribed to him. |
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Source: Hymnary.org Website (from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II, 1907)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (September 2018) |
Texts of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works |
BWV 288, BWV 289 |
Chorale Texts used in Bach’s Vocal Works |
Das alte Jahr vergangen ist (verses 3-6: 1588) |
Bibliography |
Jakob Tapp (Hymnary.org) |
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