Johannes Gigas
Johannes Gigas (22 February 1514 — 12 July 1581) was a German Protestant theologian, hymn writer, educator and Reformer. Gigas was born in Nordhausen, Thuringia and died in Schweidnitz (now Świdnica, Silesia, Poland).[1]
The libretto of Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost, BWV 114, a chorale cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, was based on "Ach lieben Christen seid getrost", a hymn text by Gigas.
Literature
- Julius Köstlin: Die Baccalaurei und Magistri der Wittenberger philosophischen Facultät 1538–154 und die öffentlichen Disputationen derselben Jahre. Halle: Niemeyer, 1890, p. 12
References
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Heinrich Julius Kämmel (1879). "ADB:Gigas, Johannes" (in German). Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig. p. 167.
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External links
- Literature by and about Johannes Gigas in the German National Library catalogue
- Johannes Gigas (Hymn-Writer) bach-cantatas.com
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