Michael Weiße

Deceased Person

1488 –

76

Who is Michael Weiße?

Michael Weiße or Weisse was a German theologian and hymn writer. First a Franciscan, he joined the Bohemian Brethren. He published the most extensive early Protestant hymnal in 1531, supplying most hymn texts and some tunes himself. One of his hymns was used in Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion.

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Born
1488
Nysa
Education
  • Jagiellonian University

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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