Daniel Rumpius (or Daniel Rump; 1549 – c. 1600) was a German Lutheran theologian, minister and

hymnwriter A hymnwriter (or hymn writer, hymnist, hymnodist, hymnographer, etc.) is someone who writes the text, music, or both of hymns. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, the composition of hymns dates back to before the time of David, who composed many of ...

. Rump worked in Stepenitz, now part of

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, and at the nuns' monastery there, which had turned Protestant. He wrote several sacred songs and hymns, partly adapted from secular models. He suffered a fire in his village, losing his property, and was severely sick. Reconvalescent, he began again to write poetry, calling it "singing songs with tears" ("mit Tränen Lieder zu singen"). He published in

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in 1587 the song booklet ''Liedbüchlein / Darinn begriffen Lehre / Trost / Vermanung …'' including doctrine, consolation and admonition. Only one copy is extant, held by the

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. One of its songs, the Advent "

Der Morgenstern ist aufgedrungen "" (The morning star is risen) is an Advent song and Christmas carol with lyrics by Lutheran minister Daniel Rumpius (or Rump), published first in 1587. The common melody by Michael Praetorius appeared later in 1609. It was reprinted, slightly rev ...

" with a melody by

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, is part of the current Protestant hymnal '' Evangelisches Gesangbuch'' as EG 69.

Literature

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, Ernst Sommer: ''Das Liedbüchlein des Daniel Rump / Ülzen 1587.'' In: ''Jahrbuch für Liturgik und Hymnologie'' 1 (1955), .

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rumpius, Daniel German Protestant hymnwriters 16th-century German Protestant theologians 1549 births 16th-century German male writers Year of death unknown