Nikolaus Selnecker
deutscher Kirchenliederdichter und -komponist
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1530-12-05
- Active to
- 1592-05-24
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Nikolaus Selnecker (or Selneccer) (December 5, 1530, Hersbruck – May 24, 1592, Leipzig) was a German musician and theologian. He is now known mainly as a hymn writer. He is also known as one of the principal authors of the Formula of Concord along with Jakob Andreä and Martin Chemnitz. At a young age he was an organist in Nuremberg. He studied under Melanchthon at the University of Wittenberg, graduating M. A. in 1554. Later he was a court preacher and musician at Dresden. <a href="https://www.
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Nikolaus Selnecker (auch: Sellenecker, Nicolaus Selneccer; * 6. Dezember 1530 in Hersbruck; † 24. Mai 1592 in Leipzig) war ein deutscher evangelischer Theologe, Reformator, Kirchenliederdichter und -komponist.
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