Adam Drese (Hymn-Writer, Composer)

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Adam Drese (Hymn-Writer, Composer)
Born: December 15, 1620 - probably Weimar, Thuringia, Germany Died: February 15, 1701 - Arnstadt, Thuringia, Germany
Adam Drese studied music at Warsaw under Marco Scacchi. Drese was director at Weimar from 1655. Afterwards held similar appointments to the Duke of Brunswick, and at Arnstadt, where he died in 1701, shortly before J.S. Bach came there. The following occurs in the notice of Drese’s death in the Arnstadt church records: On February 15, 1701, at 10 o’clock in the evening, Herr Adam Drese fell asleep in God. . . . Age, 80 years, 2 months.

Source: ELHHB Website [Dahle, Library of Christian Hymns; Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal] Contributed by Aryeh Oron (August 2003)
Texts of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works
BWV 496, BWV 497
Chorale Texts used in Bach’s Vocal Works
Title	Year	EKG	Zahn
Seelenbräutigam	1697		3255
Seelenweide	1695		1286
Chorale Melodies used in Bach’s Vocal Works
Title	Year	EKG	Zahn
Seelenbräutigam (?)	1698		3255
Links to other Sites
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary Handbook - Biographies and Sources (ELHHB)
Bibliography

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