Ludwig Helmbold
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Ludwig Helmbold
Ludwig Helmbold (21 January 1532 – 8 April 1598) was a poet of Lutheran chorales.
Biography
Helmbold was born in Mühlhausen. He became a professor of Philosophy an der Erfurt University in 1554. In 1571 he was appointed a minister at the Marienkirche in Mühlhausen, later as Superintendent.[1]
Helmbold was crowned poeta laureatus by Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, in 1566 on the Reichstag at Augsburg.[1]
The Mühlhausen cantors Joachim à Burck and Johannes Eccard set many of his more than hundred chorales to music. Some of his works were used by Johann Sebastian Bach in his cantatas, such as
- Herr, wie du willt, so schicks mit mir, BWV 73
- Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79
- Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht, BWV 186a.
A few of his songs are still included in the German Protestant hymnal.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ludwig Helmbold (Hymn-Writer, Composer)". bach-cantatas.com. 2006. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
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