Wolfgang Christoph Deßler
1660–1722

Introduction

Born: Feb­ru­ary 11, 1660, Nur­em­berg, Ger­ma­ny.

Died: March 11, 1722, Nur­em­berg, Ger­ma­ny.

Biography

Wolfgang was the son of jew­el­er Ni­co­laus Dess­ler.

He stu­died theo­lo­gy at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Alt­dorf, though he was un­able to comp­lete his de­gree there.

Upon re­turn to Nur­em­berg, he sup­port­ed him­self as a proof­read­er, worked as an ama­nu­en­sis for Eras­mus Finx (or Fran­cis­ci), and trans­lat­ed ma­ny re­li­gious works in­to Ger­man.

In 1705, he was ap­point­ed Con­rec­tor of the School of the Ho­ly Ghost in Nur­em­berg. He re­signed due to pa­ra­ly­sis in 1720.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Frisch, frisch hin­nach, mein Geist und Herz
  2. Ich lass dich nicht, du musst mein Je­sus bleib­en
    • I Leave Thee Not
    • I Will Not Let Thee Go
  3. Mein Je­su dem die Se­ra­phi­nen
    • Into Thy Gra­cious Hands I Fall
    • Jesus, Whose Glo­ry’s Stream­ing Rays
    • My Je­sus, if the Se­ra­phim
    • My Je­sus, Whom the Ser­aph Host
    • My Sav­ior, Whom in Hea­ven­ly Plac­es
    • O Je­su! ’Fore Whose Ra­di­ation
    • O Je­su, Lord, En­throned in Glo­ry
  4. Öffne mir die Per­len­pfort­en
    • Now the Pear­ly Gates Un­fold
  5. Wie wohl ist mir, O Freund der Seel­en

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