Johann Kolrose (Hymn-Writer)

Born: c1487 - Kirchhofen, near Staufen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Died: 1558 (or 1560) - Basel, Switzerland

Johann(es) Kolrose [also: Kolross, called Rhodonthracius] was a German poet, philologist and paedagogue. Kolrose was registered on August 10, 1503 in Freiburg, and in 1528 began his activity as a director of the boy elementary school in Basel. In 1530 he published in Basel a text book for orthography under the title Enchiridion in Basel. It became particularly popular among dramatists. In 1532 in Basel he performed Spil von Fünfferley betrachtnussen, a kind dead dance. He wrote various texts for church hymns (songs) of the Reformation, among them Wo Gott zum Haus nicht gibt sein Gunst and Ich dank dir, lieber Herre.

Sources:
German Wikipdia Website, English translation by Aryeh Oron (May 2006)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (August 2003), Teddy Kaufman (May 2006)

Texts of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

BWV 37/6; BWV 347; BWV 348; BWV 1123

Chorale Texts used in Bach’s Vocal Works

Ich dank dir, lieber Herre (c1535)

Wo Gott zum Haus nicht gibt sein Gunst (1525, NLGB 268; ELK 193; ELKG 379)

Links to other Sites

Johannes Kolrose (Wikipdia) [German]
Kolrose, Johannes (BBKL) [German]

Bibliography