Martin Schalling the Younger (21 April 1532 – 29 December 1608) was a Protestant theologian, reformer and hymnwriter. He was the son of

Martin Schalling the Elder Martin Schalling the Elder (died 27 February 1552 in Strasbourg) was a Protestant theologian and reformer. Life Schalling was born in Ortenberg but as a friend of Martin Bucer he came to Strabsbourg. In 1537 he became a deacon in Jung-St. Peter a ...

Life

Schalling was born in

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in 1532. He studied in

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and became a magister in 1554. He moved to

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as a deacon, but came into conflict with Nicolaus Gallus and moved on to

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. As Frederick III was seeking to introduce the Reformation to his lands with the assistance of

Caspar Olevian Caspar Olevian (or Kaspar Olevianus; 10 August 1536 – 15 March 1587) was a significant German Reformed theologian during the Protestant Reformation and along with Zacharias Ursinus was said to be co-author of the Heidelberg Catechism. That theor ...

, Schalling defied him and sought advice from Wittenberg. Schalling had to leave Amberg and next went to

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. Only during the reign of Louis VI was he able to return to Amberg as a court preacher and superintendent. He worked at the 'Konkordienbemühungen', backing his tutor

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, but later withdrew. In 1585 he was a pastor in

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and continued working for twenty years. Schalling died in Nuremberg in 1608. His best-known work as a hymn-writer is "

Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr "" (From my heart I hold you dear, o Lord) is a Lutheran hymn in German by the Protestant theologian and reformer Martin Schalling, written in Amberg in 1569 and first printed in 1571. It is sung to an anonymous melody, Zahn No. 8326, which ...

" (What hearty love I have for you, oh Lord, EG 397), which has been set by several composers, including

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(in his ''Geistlichen Chormusik''),

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(cantata, BuxWV 41) and

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 ...

(at the close of the

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). He drafted its text on 2 July 1569 ("the day of the Visitation of Mary") as a closing prayer for a sermon (a facsimile of the manuscript is in Eckert 1969, Taf. II-IV, nach S. 216).

Sources

*A. Eckert: "Martin Schalling. 1532-1608." In: Zeitschrift für bayerische Kirchengeschichte 38 (1969), S. 204-242. *F. Medicus: Geschichte der evangelischen Kirche im Königreich Bayern. Erlangen 1863. *Joh. Schneider: Schalling, Martin. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, S. 566–569. *K. Schottenloher: Die Widmungsvorrede des 16. Jhs. Reformationsgeschichtliche Studien und Texte 76/77. Münster 1953, S. 143. *Joachim Stalmann: Schalling, Martin. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Band 8, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, , Sp. 1583–1585. *Ph. Wackernagel: Bibliographie. Leipzig 1855, S. 368

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