Franz Burmeister
Franz Joachim Burmeister (born October 29, 1633 in Lüneburg ; † April 21, 1672 there ) was a German Protestant hymn poet .
Life
Franz Burmeister was the son of the cantor at St. Michaelis in Lüneburg Anton Burmeister and his wife Dorothea Pörtken. One of the paternal uncle was the music theorist Joachim Burmeister .
In 1660 Burmeister was accepted into the Elbe Swan Order by his friend Johann Rist . In 1670 he got a job as a preacher at St. Michaelis in Lüneburg for a few months . Many of his hymns were set to music by Johann Rudolph Ahle . The best-known of these is the song Es ist Enough , which made music history primarily through the setting of Johann Sebastian Bach in his cantata BWV 60 O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60 , and the reuse of the Bach movement by Alban Berg in his violin concerto .
Franz Burmeister died on April 21, 1672 at the age of 39 in his hometown of Lüneburg.
literature
- Paul Pressel : Burmeister, Franz Joachim . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 628.
- Paul Gabriel: Burmeister, Franz Joachim. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 54 ( digitized version ).
- Hans-Cord Sarnighausen: The Lüneburg church musicians and preachers Burmeister around 1600 , in: Zeitschrift für Niederdeutsche Familienkunde, issue 4/2002, pp. 531-539.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burmeister, Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burmeister, Franz Joachim (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant hymn poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1633 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luneburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 1672 |
| Place of death | Luneburg |