Conrad Red
Conrad Red was a German hymn poet who worked in the 16th century. He composed the song Ick dancke dy, Godt, vor alle dyne woldadt, dat du heffst mick etc. , which was printed in Hamburg in 1558 in Enchiridion Geistliker Leder und Psalmen . Previous publications of the song are not known, but it was widely used in northern Germany. In 1576 the song was used in a Szczecin hymn book, where Johannes Freder was given as the poet ; but the author in the general German biography suspects a mix-up, since Freder had composed a song that began similarly. It was also assumed that the song's poet could have been a woman. The author of the ADB also states that the abbreviation Con. Red could also be an abbreviation, it could stand for Conrad Rheder or for Konrad Redeker, although he had only lived later. The author also suspected that the abbreviation could not have been misunderstood in the 16th century, but that the identity of the person could not be clarified.
literature
- Unknown author: Con. Red. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 506.
- Johannes Geffcken : The Hamburg Lower Saxony hymn books of the sixteenth century. Meißner, Hamburg 1857, p. 142 ( digitized in the Google book search)
- Karl Goedeke : Outline of the history of German poetry from the sources. 2nd Edition. Ehlermann, Leipzig 1886, vol. 2. p. 206 .
- Julius Mützell: Spiritual songs of the Evangelical Church from the sixteenth century: According to the oldest prints. Volume 1. TCF Enslin, Berlin 1855, pp. 333-335 ( digitized in the Google book search).
- Philipp Wackernagel : The German hymn from the earliest times to the beginning of the XVII. Century. 4th volume. Teubner, Leipzig 1874, p. 111 ( digitized version ).
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| SURNAME | Red, Conrad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German hymn poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century or 16th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 16th Century |