Ein Lämmlein Geht Und Trägt Die Schuld, HoWV 1.2
Gottfried August Homilius (2 February 1714 – 2 June 1785) was a German composer, cantor A cantor or chanter is a person who leads people in singing or sometimes in prayer. Cantor as a profession generally refers to those leading a Jewish congregation, although it also applies to the lead singer or choir director in Christian contexts. ... and organist. 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 in Dresden. He then studied law at Leipzig University and the organ. It has often been repeated that he was a student of Johann Sebastian Bach, but there is no written evidence to support this, and strong contextual evidence against it. From 1742 he was organist at the Dresden Frauenkirche, ...
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Rosenthal-Bielatal
Rosenthal-Bielatal is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu .... References Populated places in Saxon Switzerland {{SächsischeSchweizOsterzgebirge-geo-stub ...
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