List of Famous people with last name Gesius

Bartholomäus Gesius

First Name Bartholomäus
Last Name Gesius
Born on January 1, 1562
Died on August 1, 1613 (aged 51)
Born in Germany, Brandenburg

Bartholomäus Gesius was a German theologian, church musician, composer and hymn writer. He worked at Schloss Muskau and in Frankfurt (Oder) and is known for choral Passions in German and Latin and for the melody and first setting of the Easter hymn "Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn", which was used in several compositions including a cantata by Dieterich Buxtehude and a chorale prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach, concluding the Easter section of his Orgelbüchlein.

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