Bible Encyclopedias
Cruger, Johann

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Prev Entry
Cruet

Next Entry
Cruger, Theodor

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

a German composer of Church music, was born April 9, 1598, at Gross- Breese, near Guben, in Brandenburg. He studied at Wittenberg, was in 1612 organist at St. Nikolai, in Berlin, and died there, February 23, 1662. He wrote, Praecepta Musicae Practicae Figuralis (Berlin, 1625): — Synopsis Musica (ibid. 1630): — Quaestiones Musicae (1650); and composed, besides, many chorals, which are still in use in the German Church. He also published, Neues Gesangbuch augsburger Konfession (ibid. 1640): — Geistliche Kirchenmelodien (Leips. 1649): — Psalmodia Sacra (1658): — Praxis Pietatis (eod.). See Koch, Geschichte des deutschen Kirchenleides, 4:99 sq.; Grove, Dict. of Music, s.v. (B.P.)