Johann Horn

Life

Born: 1490 in Taus, Bohemia

Died: 11 February 1547 in Junzbunzlau

Biography

Bishop of the Bohemian Brotherhood, and leader of the unification movement there. In 1544 he published the second edition of their Gesängbuch, for which he also wrote hymns.

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Settings of text by Johann Horn

• Danket dem Herren, denn er ist freundlich, BWV 286 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

Publications

• Gesängbuch der Böhmischen Brüder (1544)

External links

• Johann Horn