Johannes Hermann, also Johann Herrmann, (1515 – 22 April 1593 in Freiberg) was a German church musician, hymn writer and jurist. He held the position of in

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from 1531 to 1536. He became the first Protestant Kantor of Freiberg, and a jurist in 1540.

Hymns

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

used his hymn "Jesu, nun sei gepreiset", in three stanzas of 14 lines each, for

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, in three cantatas composed in Leipzig for the occasion, first ''Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied'', BWV 190 (1724), a year later the

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''Jesu, nun sei gepreiset'', BWV 41 (1725), and ''Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm'', BWV 171 (1729).

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German music educators Jurists from Saxony German Protestant hymnwriters 1515 births 1593 deaths Musicians from Freiberg 16th-century hymnwriters {{Germany-writer-stub