1624–1679

Introduction

Born: March 6, 1624, Un­ter-Nes­sa (near Weiß­en­fels), Sax­ony.

Died: May 25, 1679, Naum­burg, Sax­ony. The La­tin in­scrip­tion placed on his tomb­stone by his son reads:

Cum vi­ver­et, mo­rie­ba­tur, et nunc cum mor­tu­us vi­vit, quia scie­bat, quod vi­ta via sit mor­tis et mors vi­tae in­troit­us.

Biography

Johann was the el­dest son of pas­tor Za­cha­ri­as Al­bi­nus. Af­ter his fa­ther’s death, he was adopt­ed by his cou­sin, Lu­cas Pol­lio, dia­co­nus at St. Ni­cho­las’ Church in Leip­zig.

After Pol­lio’s death in 1643, the court preach­er, Se­bas­ti­an Mit­ter­nach of Naum­burg, took an in­ter­est in Jo­hann, who re­mained at Naum­burg un­til en­ter­ing the Uni­ver­si­ty of Leip­zig in 1645. He stu­died eight years there, dur­ing which he act­ed as house tu­tor to the Bur­ger­meis­ter, Dr. Fried­rich Kühl­wein.

In 1653, he was ap­point­ed rec­tor of the Ca­thed­ral School in Naum­burg. He re­signed the post in 1657 to be­come pas­tor of St. Oth­mar’s Church in Naum­burg.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Alle Men­schen müs­sen ster­ben
    • All Men Liv­ing Are but Mortal
    • All Must Die! There’s No Re­dem­ption
    • All That’s Hu­man Still Must Per­ish
    • Death o’er All His Sway Main­tain­eth
    • Hark! A Voice Sa­ith, All Are Mor­tal
    • ’Tis God’s De­cree That All Shall Die
  2. Straf mich nicht in dein­em Zorn
    • Cast Me Not in Wrath Away
    • In Thine An­ger Smite Me Not
    • Lord! With­draw the Dread­ful Storm
    • Not in An­ger, Migh­ty God
    • Not in An­ger, Lord, Thou Wilt
    • Not in An­ger Smite Us, Lord
    • O Do Not Against Me, Lord
  3. Welt, ade! Ich bin deine mü­de
    • World, Fare­well, My Soul Is Wea­ry
    • World, Fare­well! Of Thee I’m Tired

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