Elisabeth Cruciger
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Aliases: Elisabeth Kreuziger; Elisabeth Creutziger
Life
Born: c.1500 in Eastern Pomerania
Died: 2 May 1535 in Wittenberg
Biography
An early Lutheran and part of Luther's circle, Elisabeth Cruciger was the first female hymnwriter of the Protestant Reformation.
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Texts by Elisabeth Cruciger
Settings of text by Elisabeth Cruciger
- Herr Christ der einig Gottes Sohn (Anonymous)
- Herr Christ der einig Gotts Sohn (Anonymous)
- Herr Christ der einige Gottes Sohn (Johann Balthasar Erben)
- Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn, BWV 96 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
- Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn (Hans Leo Hassler)
Publications
- Cruciger contributed a hymn to the Erfurt Enchiridion (Erfurt, 1524)