Nikolaus Selnecker
Musical Artist
1532 – 1592
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Who was Nikolaus Selnecker?
Nikolaus Selnecker was a German musician and theologian. He is now known mainly as a hymn writer. He is also known as one of the principal authors of the Formula of Concord along with Jakob Andreä and Martin Chemnitz.
At a young age he was an organist in Nuremberg. He studied under Melanchthon at the University of Wittenberg, graduating M. A. in 1554. Later he was a court preacher and musician at Dresden.
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- Born
- Dec 5, 1532
Hersbruck - Nationality
- Germany
- Died
- May 24, 1592
Leipzig
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on July 23, 2013
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