Martin Schalling the Younger
Martin Schalling the Younger (21 April 1532 – 29 December 1608) was a Protestant theologian, reformer and hymnwriter. He was the son of Martin Schalling the Elder.
Life
Schalling was born in
Philipp Melanchthon, but later withdrew. In 1585 he was a pastor in Nuremberg
and continued working for twenty years. Schalling died in Nuremberg in 1608.
His best-known work as a hymn-writer is "
Dietrich Buxtehude (cantata, BuxWV 41) and Johann Sebastian Bach (at the close of the St John Passion
). He drafted its text on 2 July 1569 ("the day of the Visitation of Mary") as a closing prayer for a sermon (a facsimile of the manuscript is in Eckert 1969, Taf. II-IV, nach S. 216).
Sources
- A. Eckert: "Martin Schalling. 1532-1608." In: Zeitschrift für bayerische Kirchengeschichte 38 (1969), S. 204-242.
- F. Medicus: Geschichte der evangelischen Kirche im Königreich Bayern. Erlangen 1863.
- Joh. Schneider: Schalling, Martin. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, S. 566–569.
- K. Schottenloher: Die Widmungsvorrede des 16. Jhs. Reformationsgeschichtliche Studien und Texte 76/77. Münster 1953, S. 143.
- Joachim Stalmann: Schalling, Martin. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Band 8, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-053-0, Sp. 1583–1585.
- Ph. Wackernagel: Bibliographie. Leipzig 1855, S. 368
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