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O, let us exalt our dear Lord and proclaim,
In songs of true gratitude, praise to His name!
As songs of the angels in sweetest accord,
Our thanks and our praises shall rise to the Lord.
-- Zion's Harp # 165

Composer Bio Information

Gesius, Bartholomaus's bio information

1555 - 1613

Born: Circa 1555, Münchberg, Prussia.

Died: 1613, Wittenberg, Germany, of the plague.

Gesius studied theology at Frankfurt, was a cantor in Wittenberg, then Frankfurt an der Oder from 1592. His religious compositions include a Passion according to St. John. His other works include:

* Synopsis musicae practicae (editions in 1609, 1615, 1618)

Sources

* Frost, p. 672
* Stulken, p. 484

Music

1. Commemoration
2. Du Freidensfürst, Herr Jesu Christ

Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/g/e/gesius_b.htm

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