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Hemminki of Masku ( fi, Hemminki Maskulainen, Hemming Henrikinpoika Hollo; la, Hemmingius Henrici; c. 1550–1619) was a Finnish priest, hymn writer, and translator. His work, particularly ''Yxi Wähä Suomenkielinen Wirsikirja'' (A Small Finnish-language Hymnal) greatly influenced
Hemminki, son of Henrik, was born around 1550 into a bourgeois family in
Ennennäkemätön kirjalöytö Saksasta – 1600-luvun suomenkielinen katekismus ja virsikirja
Yle 7.12.2015. ''Yxi Wähä Suomenkielinen Wirsikirja'' contained all of Jacobus Finno’s 101 hymns, as well as 141 new ones. The new part was mainly translated in a rather free style into Finnish by Hemminki from Swedish, German, Latin, and Danish hymns. Hemminki himself probably wrote 26 of them. In addition, there are 5 hymns by Petrus Melartopaeus, a dean of the cathedral.
Yxi vähä suomenkielinen wirsikiria, 1607
{{Authority control 1619 deaths 16th-century Finnish Lutheran clergy Finnish Lutheran hymnwriters Year of birth uncertain 17th-century Finnish Lutheran clergy
hymnody
Robert Gerhard's Hymnody is a contemporary classical work from 1963, which was an assignment from BBC. This piece was written during February and March of that year.
Composer notes
A note from the composer: First citation comes from Psalm ...
in the Finnish language.
Life
Hemminki, son of Henrik, was born around 1550 into a bourgeois family in Turku
Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...
. He studied at the Cathedral School in Turku
A cathedral is a church that contains the ''cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominations ...
, where he was taught by Eerik Härkäpää (Erik Oxhuvud) and Jacobus Finno Jacobus Petri Finno (about 1540–1588), sometimes known as Jaakko Finno or the proper Finnish form of his fake name Jaakko Suomalainen (James the Finn), was a Finnish priest and the rector (headmaster) of the Cathedral School of Turku. He was the ...
(Jaakko Suomalainen, James the Finn), both of whom studied abroad. Hemminki himself probably also studied abroad, but it is not certain whether this is the case.
Hemminki was ordained and became the vicar of Masku
Masku () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality, which is located about just north of Turku, has a population of
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near Turku in 1586. During this time, he expanded the work of Jacobus Finno’s earlier Finnish-language hymnal to publish ''Yxi Wähä Suomenkielinen Wirsikirja'', the first edition probably in 1605 of which the earliest surviving imprint is the produced by Simon Johannis Carelius in 1607 Rostock.Markku SandellEnnennäkemätön kirjalöytö Saksasta – 1600-luvun suomenkielinen katekismus ja virsikirja
Yle 7.12.2015. ''Yxi Wähä Suomenkielinen Wirsikirja'' contained all of Jacobus Finno’s 101 hymns, as well as 141 new ones. The new part was mainly translated in a rather free style into Finnish by Hemminki from Swedish, German, Latin, and Danish hymns. Hemminki himself probably wrote 26 of them. In addition, there are 5 hymns by Petrus Melartopaeus, a dean of the cathedral.
See also
*Piae Cantiones
''Piae Cantiones ecclesiasticae et scholasticae veterum episcoporum'' (in English ''Pious ecclesiastical and school songs of the ancient bishops'') is a collection of late medieval Latin songs first published in 1582. It was compiled by Jacobus F ...
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Yxi vähä suomenkielinen wirsikiria, 1607
{{Authority control 1619 deaths 16th-century Finnish Lutheran clergy Finnish Lutheran hymnwriters Year of birth uncertain 17th-century Finnish Lutheran clergy