Gottfried August Homilius
Gottfried August Homilius (2 February 1714 – 2 June 1785) was a German composer, cantor and organist.Dennis Shrock ''Choral Repertoire'' 2009 -- Page 303 "1714–1785 Homilius was born near Dresden, where he was educated and where he served as substitute organist at the ..." He is considered one of the most important church composers of the generation following Bach's, and was the main representative of the '' empfindsamer'' style. Life Homilius was born in Rosenthal, Saxony, the son of a Lutheran pastor, and was educated at the Annenschule in Dresden. He then studied law at Leipzig University and the organ under Johann Sebastian Bach. From 1742 he was organist at the Dresden Frauenkirche, and from 1755 until his death cantor at the Kreuzkirche in Dresden with the associated responsibility of music director at the Kreuzkirche, the Sophienkirche, and the Frauenkirche. After the destruction of the Kreuzkirche during the Seven Years' War he worked mainly at the Frauenkir ...
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Homilius (1782)
Gottfried August Homilius (2 February 1714 – 2 June 1785) was a German composer, cantor (church), cantor and organist.Dennis Shrock ''Choral Repertoire'' 2009 -- Page 303 "1714–1785 Homilius was born near Dresden, where he was educated and where he served as substitute organist at the ..." He is considered one of the most important church composers of the generation following Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach's, and was the main representative of the ''sensitive style, empfindsamer'' style. Life Homilius was born in Rosenthal-Bielatal, Rosenthal, Electorate of Saxony, Saxony, the son of a Lutheran pastor, and was educated at the Annenschule (Dresden), Annenschule in Dresden. He then studied law at Leipzig University and the organ under Johann Sebastian Bach. From 1742 he was organist at the Dresden Frauenkirche, and from 1755 until his death Cantor (church)#Protestant Cantors, cantor at the Kreuzkirche, Dresden, Kreuzkirche in Dresden with the associated responsibility of mus ...
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