Michael Weisse (Hymn-Writer)

Born: c1488 - Neisse, Schlesien (Silesia)
Died: 1534 - Landskron, Moravia

Michael Weisse (Weiße) was a Franciscan monk in Breslau, where he wrote many of his hymns. He later joined the Moravian brothers in 1518. In 1522, he became an elder of their community in Landskron, Moravia. In 1531, he edited the first Moravian hymnbook with 157 hymns, including some of his own.

Source: Cyber Hymnal Website
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (May 2003)

Texts of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

BWV 245/15,37
BWV 264; BWV 283; BWV 284; BWV 292; BWV 310; BWV 426; BWV 1084

Chorale Texts used in Bach’s Vocal Works

Als der gütige Gott (1531)

Christus ist erstanden, hat überwunden (1531)

Den Vater dort oben (1531)

Es wird schier der letzte Tag herkommen (1531; NLGB 393; ELG 485)

Weltlich Ehr und zeitlich Gut (1531; NLGB 240; NGBS 514)

Chorale Melodies used in Bach’s Vocal Works

Den Vater dort oben (1531; Zahn 4795)

Es wird schier der letzte Tag herkommen (1531; Zahn 1423)

Menschenkind, merk oben (1631; Zahn 3294), after an early church melody (Hohenfurt, 1410)

Links to other Sites

Michael Weisse (Cyber Hymnal)

Bibliography