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German lutheran academic and hymn-writer (1645–1715)

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Gottfried Vopelius (1645–1715) was a German Lutheran cantor and teacher whose name is inseparable from the chorale culture of Leipzig. Born near Zittau and active in Leipzig for the decisive part of his career, he became best known as the compiler of the Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch (1682), a large hymnbook that gathered and shaped the repertory sung in church and school. Preserved today as a complete early print, the book stands as Vopelius’s chief monument: a practical <a href="https://www.last.fm

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Gottfried
Gender
male
Citizenship
Germany
Place of birth
Rosenbach
Place of death
Leipzig
Occupation
composer
Languages spoken
German
Religion
Lutheranism
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date of birth
1645-01-28
date of death
1715-02-03
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