Weisse’s Gesangbüchlein (1531)

Composer

Michael Weisse (see Authors’ index) edited the first German hymn-book of the Bohemian Brethren, Ein Neu Gesenbuchlein. This contained 155 hymns including a dozen translated from Bohemian sources and many of his own; most of them were adopted by later Lutheran hymnals, some still being in use. No.662.