Füger was born around 1521 in Dresden. He worked as a chaplain in Torgau, Saxony, and later he served as pastor at the Kreuzkirche, Dresden. He died after 1592. His son of the same name was a composer of hymns and from 1585 to 1586 Kreuzkantor (director of music) at the same church.
kaspar, füger, also, caspar, born, 1521, died, after, 1592, german, lutheran, pastor, hymn, writer, bornc, 1521dresdendiedc, 1592dresdenoccupationslutheran, pastor, hymn, writer, füger, born, around, 1521, dresden, worked, chaplain, torgau, saxony, later, serv. Kaspar Fuger also Caspar born c 1521 died after 1592 was a German Lutheran pastor and hymn writer Kaspar FugerBornc 1521DresdenDiedc 1592DresdenOccupationsLutheran pastor Hymn writer Fuger was born around 1521 in Dresden He worked as a chaplain in Torgau Saxony and later he served as pastor at the Kreuzkirche Dresden He died after 1592 His son of the same name was a composer of hymns and from 1585 to 1586 Kreuzkantor director of music at the same church Fuger the Elder wrote a Christmas carol Ihr Christenleut which was used by several composers Johann Sebastian Bach set different stanzas of it on the tune by Johann Cruger for his Christmas cantatas Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes BWV 40 1723 and Unser Mund sei voll Lachens BWV 110 and as the final chorale in Part III of his Christmas Oratorio of 1734 1 References edit Kaspar Caspar Fuger Hymn Writer Bach Cantatas Retrieved 29 December 2012 nbsp nbsp This article about a German writer or poet is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kaspar Fuger amp oldid 1079416595, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
