Bartholomäus Helder
Bartholomäus Helder (* around 1585 in Gotha ; † October 28, 1635 in Remstädt ) was a German Lutheran cantor , pastor , hymn poet and composer .
Life
Bartholomäus Helder was a son of the later superintendent and court preacher in Gotha Johannes Helder (1551-1621), who was rector of the Illustre grammar school in Gotha from 1582 to 1592 . Bartholomäus studied theology at the University of Leipzig from the age of 18 . From 1607 to 1616 he was a teacher and cantor in Friemar , then pastor in Remstädt until his death. He died of the plague during the Thirty Years War .
Helder published two choir books with polyphonic sacred chants. The first, Cymbalum Genethliacum (Erfurt 1615), contains 15 Christmas and New Year songs in the popular Villanelle style , the second, Cymbalum Davidicum (Erfurt 1620), 25 psalm songs in a more demanding motet- like setting . The Gotha Cantionale sacrum (1646–1648) offers 54 melodies with four- to six-part movements by Helder, including the one sung to this day I am happy in the Lord ( Evangelical Hymnal No. 349).
literature
- Thomas Schlage: Helder, Bartholomäus . In: Wolfgang Herbst (ed.): Who is who in the hymnal? . Göttingen 2001, pp. 138-139
- Article Helder, Bartholomew . In: Riemann Musiklexikon (1882), p. XXIII
- Rochus von Liliencron : Helder, Bartholomäus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 684 f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eberhard Emil von Georgii-Georgenau : Biographisch-genealogische Blätter . Stuttgart 1879, p. 58
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Helder, Bartholomew |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran clergyman, hymn poet and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1585 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gotha |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 1635 |
| Place of death | Remstädt |