Gottfried Vopelius
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Gottfried Vopelius (1645–1715) was a German Lutheran cantor and teacher whose name is inseparable from the chorale culture of Leipzig. Born near Zittau and active in Leipzig for the decisive part of his career, he became best known as the compiler of the Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch (1682), a large hymnbook that gathered and shaped the repertory sung in church and school. Preserved today as a complete early print, the book stands as Vopelius’s chief monument: a practical <a href="https://www.last.fm
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gottfried
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Rosenbach
- Place of death
- Leipzig
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Movement
- Baroque music
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- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
- date of birth
- 1645-01-28
- date of death
- 1715-02-03
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- Gottfried Vopelius
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- Oleg Betin
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