Nikolaus Selnecker

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Nikolaus Selnecker
Nikolaus Selnecker

Nikolaus Selnecker or Selneccer (December 5, 1532, Hersbruck–May 24, 1592, Leipzig) was a German musician and theologian. He is now known mainly as a hymn writer. He is also known as one of the principal authors of the Formula of Concord along with Jakob Andreä and Martin Chemnitz.

At a young age he was an organist in Nuremberg. He studied under Melanchthon at the University of Wittenberg, graduating M. A. in 1554. Later he was a court preacher and musician at Dresden.

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