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Gottfried Vopelius

Illustration — Engravings from Vopelius' 1693 Leipziger Gesangbuch, which was largely based on his earlier Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch (1682). Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.

Gottfried Vopelius

Titelkupfer des "Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch" von Gottfried Vopelius, verlegt von Christof Klingen

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Born
1645 · Rosenbach.
Died
1715 · Leipzig.
Nationality
Germany
Occupation
cantor · composer · teacher
Movements
Baroque music
Languages
German

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Illustration — Engravings from Vopelius' 1693 Leipziger Gesangbuch, which was largely based on his earlier Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch (1682). Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.

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