Johannes Gigas
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German theologian and hymn writer (1514–1581)
Johannes Gigas (22 February 1514 – 12 July 1581) was a German Protestant theologian, hymn writer, educator and Reformer. Gigas was born in Nordhausen, Thuringia, and died in Schweidnitz (now Świdnica, Silesia, Poland).[1]
The libretto of Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost, BWV 114, a chorale cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, was based on "Ach lieben Christen seid getrost", a hymn text by Gigas.
- ↑ Heinrich Julius Kämmel [in German] (1879). "Gigas, Johannes". Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 9. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. p. 167.
External links
- "Johannes Gigas (Hymn-Writer)", bach-cantatas.com
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