Michael Bapzien (Hymn-Writer)

Born: 1628 - Germany
Died: 1693

Michael Bapzien was a German Kantor and hymn-writer. He was a teacher in Liegnitz around 1670, later Kantor in Haynau, in Königsberg and finally in Thorn. He wrote the song Kommt her und schaut, kommt, lasst uns doch von Herzen.

Source: German Wikipedia Website (March 2018), English translation by Aryeh Oron (September 2018)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (September 2018)

Texts of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

BWV 355

Chorale Texts used in Bach’s Vocal Works

Jesu, der du selbsten wohl (1663; GLEK 321)

Links to other Sites

Michael Bapzien (Wikipedia) [German]

Bibliography

Carl Julius Adolf Hoffmann: Die Tonkünstler Schlesiens (Breslau, 1830), S. 7.