Philipp Nicolai
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Life
Born: 10 August 1556
Died: 26 October 1608
Biography:
Philipp Nicolai was a German Lutheran pastor, poet, and composer, author of two famous hymns: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern and Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme. These two chorales have inspired many composers, including Johann Sebastian Bach, whose cantatas BWV 1 and BWV 140 are based on the above hymns, respectively. The organ transcription of the latter, as published in the Schübler Chorales, has become world famous. Nicolai is supposed to be the last example of the Meistersinger tradition, in which words and music, text and melody stem from one and the same person.
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Settings of melodic works
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
- Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Michael Praetorius)
- Fattigpsalm (melody: Var hälsad, sköna morgonstund) (Eva Toller)
- Var hälsad, sköna morgonstund (Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern) (Eva Toller)
- Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Johannes Werlin)
Settings of poetic works
Settings of text by Philipp Nicolai
- Ei mein Perle, du werte Kron (Michael Praetorius)
- Geuß sehr tief in das Herz hinein (Michael Praetorius)
- Hoe helder staat de morgenster, BWV 36.4 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
- How bright and fair the morning star, BWV 36.4 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
- Morning Star (James C. Lowry)
- Sleepers, wake! the watch-cry pealeth (Philipp Nicolai)
- Von Gott kömmt mir ein Freudenschein (Michael Praetorius)
- Wachet auf (Stefano Torchio)
- Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Hugo Distler)
- Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme a 2 (Michael Praetorius)
- Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme a 4 (Michael Praetorius)
- Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme a 7 (Michael Praetorius)
- Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BuxWV 100 (Dietrich Buxtehude)
- Wie schön leucht't uns der Morgenstern (Hugo Distler)
- Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Christoph Dalitz)
- Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Johannes Werlin)
- Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Michael Praetorius)
- Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern a 2 (Michael Praetorius)
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