Johannes Gigas

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.

Literature

Julius Köstlin: Die Baccalaurei und Magistri der Wittenberger philosophischen Facultät 1538–154 und die öffentlichen Disputationen derselben Jahre. Halle: Niemeyer, 1890, p. 12

References

^ Heinrich Julius Kämmel (1879). "ADB:Gigas, Johannes" (in German). Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig. p. 167. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)

External links

Literature by and about Johannes Gigas in the German National Library catalogue
Johannes Gigas (Hymn-Writer) bach-cantatas.com

Lutheran hymnody

English hymnals

Christian Worship (1993)
Common Service Book (1917)
Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book (1912)
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary (1996)
Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006)
Lutheran Book of Worship (1978)
The Lutheran Hymnal (1941)
Lutheran Hymnal with Supplement (1989)
Lutheran Service Book (2006)
Lutheran Worship (1982)
ReClaim Hymnal (2006)
Service Book and Hymnal (1958)

German hymnals

In other languages

Danish	Den Danske Salmebog Guldberg's hymnal Kingo's hymnal Thomissøn's hymnal

Faroese	Sálmabók Føroya kirkju

Finnish	Siionin Virret Virsikirja

Icelandic	Passion Hymns

Norwegian	Nokre salmar (1869) Landstads kirkesalmebog (1870) Psalmebog for Kirke og Hus (1873) Landstads reviderte salmebok (1924) Nynorsk salmebok (1925) Salmer 1973 Norsk Salmebok (1985) Salmer 1997 Norsk salmebok 2013

Spanish	Culto Cristiano

Swedish	Swenske songer (1536) Een liten Songbook (in Swedish, 1553) Den svenska psalmboken (1695) Den svenska psalmboken (1819) Hemlandssånger (in Swedish, 1891) Den svenska psalmboken (1937) Den svenska psalmboken (1986)