Heinrich Georg Neuss

Heinrich Georg Neuss, portrait in the Marienkirche Ilsenburg

Heinrich Georg Neuss (born March 11, 1654 in Elbingerode near Herzberg am Harz , † September 30, 1716 in Wernigerode ) was a German hymn poet and pastor.

Life

Neuss studied theology at the University of Erfurt , was a preacher in Quedlinburg , then a teacher, vice rector, from 1684 rector in Blankenburg (Harz) . 1690 he was selected by Duke Rudolf August of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel as a deacon by Wolfenbüttel appointed. From 1692 he was the Duke's travel preacher. In 1696 he followed a call as chief preacher to St. Sylvestri , superintendent and consistorial councilor to Wernigerode. He also obtained his doctorate in theology in 1696.

In 1712 Neuss published the first hymn book of the County of Wernigerode . He converted the school for the poor at Westerntor into an orphanage .

A pure heart, Lord, create in me ( EG 389, MG 431)
The treatises Musica Parabolica or Parabolische Music and Kurtzer draft from Music (printed posthumously in 1754)

Franz Brümmer : Neuss, Heinrich Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886, p. 556.
Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 521-522 .
Ulrich Rose: NEUSS, Heinrich Georg. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 6, Bautz, Herzberg 1993, ISBN 3-88309-044-1 , Sp. 655. ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )

^ Dittmar Marquordt: From the establishment of the place to the end of the Kingdom of Hanover . In: From Alvelingeroth to Elbingerode. The 800 year history of a small Harz town. Halberstadt 2006, p. 21
↑ Ruth Tatlow: Bach's Numbers; Compositional Proportion and Significance. Cambridge 2015, p. 83

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personal data
SURNAME	Neuss, Heinrich Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German hymn poet and pastor
DATE OF BIRTH	March 11, 1654
PLACE OF BIRTH	Elbingerode near Herzberg am Harz
DATE OF DEATH	September 30, 1716
Place of death	Wernigerode