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David Gregor Corner

German abbot, hymn writer and theologian

David Gregor Corner, (1585 – 9 January 1648) was a German Benedictine abbot, hymn writer and theologian best known for his influential 1631 Gross Catholisches Gesängbuch ("Great Catholic Hymnal"). Born in Hirschberg, Germany (now Jelenia Góra, Poland), he studied theology at Prague, Graz and Vienna, where he earned a doctorate. He died 9 January 1648 at Göttweig.

His magnum opus, the Gross Catholische Gesängbuch was published in 1625, and a later publication from 1631 contained 546 hymns and 276 melodies (including 76 Latin hymns), one of the largest song books of the 16th and 17th century.

The collection was derived from a large variety of sources - earlier Jesuit hymn collections, manuscripts, and even Protestant writers.

A separate collection, Geistliche Nachtigal ("Holy Nightingale") was published in 1649, perhaps posthumously. This contained 363 hymns and 181 melodies (including 42 Latin hymns), and was essentially a retitled and revised version of his original collection. After his death, editions of Geistliche Nachtigal were published in 1658, 1674 and 1676.

References

John Wilson, [http://www.hymnsocietygbi.org.uk/70%20articles/1980s/Laast%20uns.pdf Lasst uns Erfreun], Hymn book society, 196
He became a pastor in [[Retz]] in 1614. In 1628 he became a [[novice]] monk at [[Göttweig Abbey]]. By 1636, Corner was the abbot of [[Göttweig Abbey. 978-0-664-25180-2, 229
This collection featured devotional Catholic hymns for use in church, church festivals and processions.[http://epub.oeaw.ac.at/ml/musik_C/Corner_David.xml David Gregor Corner] in ''[[Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon]]'' (German)
[http://www.canamus.org/Enchiridion/Sbooks/sc4.htm The Enchiridion] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-03-09 , accessed 13 December 2010)

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