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Bartholomäus Gesius
Musicians · Lived 1562 to 1613 · aged 51
Bartholomäus Gesius was a German theologian, church musician, composer and hymn writer.
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About this person
He worked at Schloss Muskau and in Frankfurt (Oder) and is known for choral Passions in German and Latin and for the melody and first setting of the Easter hymn "Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn", which was used in several compositions including a cantata by Dieterich Buxtehude and a chorale prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach, concluding the Easter section of his Orgelbüchlein.
