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Jakob Ebert (26 January 1549 – 5 February 1614) was a German theologian and poet.
Jakob Ebert (26 January 1549 – 5 February 1614) was a German theologian and poet.
Life
Born inSprottau
Szprotawa (german: Sprottau) is a town in western Poland, in Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship. It has 11,820 inhabitants (2019).
History
The region was part of Poland after the emergence of the Piast monarchy in the 10th century. The first me ...
, Ebert was the son of . He was school director in Soldin, Schwiebus and Grünberg. From 1594 he was on the faculty of the university in Frankfurt (Oder)
Frankfurt (Oder), also known as Frankfurt an der Oder (), is a city in the German state of Brandenburg. It has around 57,000 inhabitants, is one of the easternmost cities in Germany, the fourth-largest city in Brandenburg, and the largest German ...
, teaching theology.
Hymns
Ebert was the author of the hymn "Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ", which appeared in 1601 with a melody by Bartholomäus Gesius. Composers using this hymn includedDietrich Buxtehude
Dieterich Buxtehude (; ; born Diderik Hansen Buxtehude; c. 1637 – 9 May 1707) was a Danish organist and composer of the Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal a ...
( BuxW 20 and 21) and Johann Sebastian Bach, who based a chorale cantata on it, ''Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ'', BWV 116, and used it in several other cantatas.
Literature
* 16th-century German Protestant theologians 17th-century German Protestant theologians 1549 births 1614 deaths People from Szprotawa People from Austrian Silesia German male non-fiction writers 16th-century German male writers 17th-century German writers 17th-century German male writers {{Germany-poet-stub