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Bartholomäus Gesius

Bartholomäus Gesius (also: Göß, Gese, c. 1562 – 1613) was a German theologian, church musician, composer and hymn writer. He worked at Schloss Muskau and in Frankfurt (Oder) and is known for choral Passions in German and Latin and for the melody and first setting of the Easter hymn "Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn", which was used in several compositions including a cantata by Dieterich Buxtehude and a chorale prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 630), concluding the Easter section of his Orgelbüchlein.

Bartholomäus Gesius

Christoph Pelargus: Lateinisches Lobgedicht auf den Kantor und Komponisten Bartholomäus Gesius, in: Bartholomäus Gesius: Geistliche Deutsche Lieder. D. Mart. Lutheri: Vnd anderer frommen Christen... mit vier und fünff Stimmen nach gewönlicher Choralmelodien richtig und lieblich gesetzet, Frankfurt/Oder 1601

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Name
Bartholomäus Gesius
Born
c. 1562
Birthplace
Müncheberg
Died
1613
Place of death
Frankfurt
Occupation
* Theologian
Education
University of Frankfurt an der Oder
Known for
Befiehl du deine Wege
Languages
German

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Bartholomäus Gesius (also: Göß, Gese, c. 1562 – 1613) was a German theologian, church musician, composer and hymn writer. He worked at Schloss Muskau and in Frankfurt (Oder) and is known for choral Passions in German and Latin and for the melody and first setting of the Easter hymn "Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn", which was used in several compositions including a cantata by Dieterich Buxtehude and a chorale prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 630), concluding the Easter section of his Orgelbüchlein.

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