Johann Hermann (hymn poet)

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Johann Hermann was a German hymn poet in the 16th century.

Life

In 1636 he is mentioned in Joseph Clauder 's third part of psalmodia nova as the poet of the previously very well-known New Year's song of Jesus, now be praised for this new year . In 1593 the song was first published in the Dresden hymn book, but there without the name of the poet. The author of the article in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie gives Hermann the suffix Senior and states that this person should not be confused with the hymn poet Johann Heermann or the cantor Nikolaus Herman . The mix-up with Johann Heerman came from Albert Knapp . The librarian Christian Gottlieb Jöcherhowever, assumed that Johann Hermann was identical to the person who was nicknamed Italus . This can be proven as a Lutheran theologian in Wittenberg from 1548 to 1568. If so, according to the ADB author, the works ascribed to this italus could clearly be ascribed to Johann Hermann in Jöcher. Among these Italus' writings there is a warning certificate to his son, who converted to the Catholic faith; the physician Johann Hermann . Because of this similarity of names, the author continues, it makes sense to give the hymn poet the addition senior .

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personal data
SURNAME Hermann, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
DATE OF DEATH after 1563