Johann Kruger

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Johann Kruger was a German composer and music theorist best known for his influential 17th-century Lutheran chorale melodies and hymnbook compilations.

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instanceOf Lutheran ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
music theorist ⓘ
activeIn Berlin ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 17th century ⓘ
compiled hymnbooks ⓘ
composed Lutheran chorale melodies ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Electorate of Brandenburg ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1598-04-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1662-02-23 ⓘ
employer St. Nikolai Church, Berlin ⓘ
ethnicGroup German ⓘ
fieldOfWork chorale composition ⓘ
hymnody ⓘ
music theory ⓘ
genre chorale ⓘ
hymn ⓘ
sacred music ⓘ
hasWorkType chorale settings ⓘ
hymn tunes ⓘ
music-theoretical writings ⓘ
influenced German Protestant church music ⓘ
Lutheran hymnody ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
movement Lutheran church music ⓘ
name Johann Krüger ⓘ
nativeLanguage German ⓘ
notableFor hymnbook compilations ⓘ
influential 17th-century Lutheran chorale melodies ⓘ
notableWork Choralkunst ⓘ
Praxis Pietatis Melica ⓘ
occupation cantor ⓘ
church musician ⓘ
composer ⓘ
music theorist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Groß Breesen ⓘ
near Guben ⓘ
placeOfDeath Berlin ⓘ
positionHeld cantor at St. Nikolai Church, Berlin ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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