Sebald Heyden
Sebald Heyden (born December 18, 1499 in Bruck , today a district of Erlangen ; † July 9, 1561 in Nuremberg ) was a German cantor , headmaster and spiritual poet .
Heyden completed a degree in Ingolstadt , which he completed with a master's degree. From 1519 he worked as cantor, later also as rector at the Nuremberg hospital school, in 1525 he became the first Lutheran rector of the school of St. Sebaldus . Nikolaus Selnecker was one of his students, and he was in regular contact with Hans Sachs and Albrecht Dürer, among others .
The two stanzas of the passion song O man, weep your sin great ( EG 76) are the first and last of 23 stanzas of his "great passion " in which he poetically retells the passion of Christ . It was written around 1530 based on a melody by Matthias Greitter (original text: All are blessed who walk in right faith here ).
literature
- Robert Eitner : Heyden, Sebald . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 352 f.
- Theodor Wohnhaas : Heyden, Sebald. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 70 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Sebald Heyden in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Sebald Heyden in the German Digital Library
- Sebaldus Heyden - Formulas puerilium colloquiorum
Individual evidence
- ↑ year of birth according to other sources 1498, 1494 or 1488; s. Robert Eitner: Heyden, Sebald . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 352 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heyden, Sebald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cantor, headmaster and spiritual poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1499 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bruck , now part of Erlangen |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 9, 1561 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |