Johann Jacob Schütz

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Johann Jakob Schütz (7 September 1640, Frankfurt – 22 May 1690, Frankfurt) was a German lawyer and hymnwriter.[1] One of his hymns was reworked by Johann Sebastian Bach as a movement in BWV 117.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Johann Jakob Schütz". hymnary.org. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  2. ^ Stokes, Richard (2000). The complete church and secular cantatas. Long Barn Books. p. vii. ISBN 9780810839335.