Jakob Tapp (Hymn-Writer)

Born: ?
Died: 1630 - Schöningen, Braunschweig (Brunswick), Lower Saxony, Germany

Little is known of the hymn-writer Jakob Tapp . He became pastor primarius and superintendent at Schöningen, Brunswick, in 1616, and died there in 1630 (MS. from Superintendent Wichmann, Seboningen, &c). The hymn, "Das alte Jahr vergangen ist" has sometimes been ascribed to him.

Source: Hymnary.org Website (from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II, 1907)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (September 2018)

Texts of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

BWV 288, BWV 289

Chorale Texts used in Bach’s Vocal Works

Das alte Jahr vergangen ist (verses 3-6: 1588)

Bibliography

Jakob Tapp (Hymnary.org)