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Burde, Samuel Gottlieb's bio information
Friday, December 7, 1753 - Thursday, April 28, 1831
Bürde, Samuel Gottlieb, was born Dec. 7, 1753, at Bresiau, where his father was keeper of St. Barbara's Church. After studying law at the University of Halle, he was (1776-78) tutor and superintendent of a charity school at Breslau. He then became private secretary to the Cabinet minister von Haugwitz, was for two years employed in the department of Forestry, and after being for some time secretary to the department of Finance at Breslau, was appointed member of the Aulic Council and Director of Chancery at Berlin, where he d. April 28, 1831 (Koch, vi. 319-322; Allg. Deutsche Biographie, iii. 581-82. Fischer, ii. 432, says he died at Breslau).
As a hymn-writer he was by some of his contemporaries reckoned nearly equal to Gellert, by others as superior. Of the some 100 hymns which he composed, the best appeared in his Geistliche Poesieen, Breslau, 1787, and his Geistliche Gedichte, Breslau, 1817. Five have been translated into English.
Source: https://hymnary.org/person/Burde_Samuel
As a hymn-writer he was by some of his contemporaries reckoned nearly equal to Gellert, by others as superior. Of the some 100 hymns which he composed, the best appeared in his Geistliche Poesieen, Breslau, 1787, and his Geistliche Gedichte, Breslau, 1817. Five have been translated into English.
Source: https://hymnary.org/person/Burde_Samuel
The last 10 hymns uploaded.
- # 1 - Living In Faith (ZH 139) (TTBB) (uploaded on Feb 13, 2025 at 11:17:46am)
- # 2 - When The Mists Have Rolled Away 2 (TTBB) (uploaded on Jan 30, 2025 at 06:59:02am)
- # 3 - Pray, Always Pray (TTBB) (uploaded on Jan 25, 2025 at 07:42:57am)
- # 4 - Peace! Perfect Peace 3 (TTBB) (uploaded on Jan 25, 2025 at 07:04:02am)
- # 5 - Olive's Brow (TTBB) (uploaded on Jan 24, 2025 at 07:20:37am)
- # 6 - Hark! There Comes A Whisper 2 (TTBB) (uploaded on Jan 23, 2025 at 06:29:36am)
- # 7 - Steal Away (TTBB) (uploaded on Jan 19, 2025 at 05:15:12pm)
- # 8 - The Departed (TTBB) (uploaded on Jan 18, 2025 at 06:47:54am)
- # 9 - Come, While The Saviour Calls (TTBB) (uploaded on Jan 14, 2025 at 12:30:56pm)
- #10 - Let the Saviour In 2 (TTBB) (uploaded on Jan 14, 2025 at 11:58:17am)