Name Cornelius Becker | ||
Died May 25, 1604, Leipzig, Germany | ||
Schöneberg: Fürbitte, Vaterunser und Choral "Christus ist König"
Cornelius Becker (1561–1604) was an Orthodox Lutheran pastor in Leipzig. He prepared the Becker Psalter, some of which Heinrich Schütz set to music. Bach used his version of Psalm 23 for his cantata Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104.
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