Kaspar Füger (also Caspar, born c. 1521, died after 1592) was a German Lutheran pastor and hymn writer. Füger was born around 1521 in Dresden. He worked as a chaplain in

Torgau Torgau () is a town on the banks of the Elbe in northwestern Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district Nordsachsen. Outside Germany, the town is best known as where on 25 April 1945, the United States and Soviet Armies forces first ...

, Saxony, and later he served as pastor at the

Kreuzkirche, Dresden The Dresden Kreuzkirche (Church of the Holy Cross) is a Lutheran church in Dresden, Germany. It is the main church and seat of the ''Landesbischof'' of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony, and the largest church building in the Free State of ...

. He died after 1592. His son of the same name was a composer of hymns and from 1585 to 1586 ''Kreuzkantor'' (director of music) at the same church. Füger the Elder wrote a Christmas carol, "Ihr Christenleut". which was used by several composers.

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...

set different stanzas of it, on the tune by Johann Crüger, for his Christmas cantatas ''Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes'', BWV 40 (1723), and ''Unser Mund sei voll Lachens'', BWV 110, and as the final chorale in Part III of his ''

Christmas Oratorio The ''Christmas Oratorio'' (German: ''Weihnachtsoratorium''), , is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach intended for performance in church during the Christmas season. It is in six parts, each part a cantata intended for performance on one of t ...

'' of 1734.

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German Protestant hymnwriters 16th-century German Lutheran clergy 1520s births 1590s deaths 16th-century hymnwriters {{Germany-writer-stub