Erdmann Neumeister
Erdmann Neumeister (12 May 1671 – 18 August 1756) was a German
Lutheran pastor and hymnologist
.
He was born in
Sorau (today Zary in Poland). He left for Hamburg because of theological disputes. (As an adult, he would become a vehement opponent of Pietism). He died in Hamburg as an honoured main pastor. His grave in the St. Jacobi Church was destroyed during World War II
.
Works
Hymns
He is remembered for several hymns, including "Jesus, Great and Wondrous Star" and "Sinners Jesus Will Receive".
Cantatas
Neumeister was an influential writer of texts for cantatas. He was a pioneer of the use of a format using
baroque opera. This gave scope to carry over techniques from the world of secular music, and the texts were set by Johann Philipp Krieger, the kapellmeister at Weissenfels, and other composers, notably Bach. Other cantata librettists in this genre included Georg Christian Lehms
.
Neumeister's first cycle of cantata texts was Geistliche Cantaten staff einer Kirchen-Music, completed in 1700 and published four years later.
Neumeister and Bach
Köthen
, he applied for a job as organist at Neumeister's church in Hamburg.
The following is a list of relevant Bach cantatas.
- Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt, BWV 18[3] (1713?) Sexagesima
- Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61 (1714) First Sunday in Advent
- Ein ungefärbt Gemüte, BWV 24 (1723) Fourth Sunday after Trinity
- Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten, BWV 59 (1724), Pentecost Sunday
- Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende, BWV 28 (1725) First Sunday after Christmas
Notes
- ^ Some sources refer to it being published in 1700
- ^ Alfred Dürr (2006), The Cantatas of J.S. Bach, p. 6
- ^ "BWV" is Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, a thematic catalogue of Bach's works.
References
- Gross, Ernie. This Day in Religion. New York: Neil-Schuman Publishers, 1990. ISBN 1-55570-045-4.
- Uwe Riedel: Erdmann Neumeister, Biografisches Mosaik, 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-030166-7
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