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Altenburg, Johann Michael
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Biography noting his exclusively sacred compositional output, his work as pastor and teacher, and his fame as a Lutheran hymn writer. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa...a/learning/grove.html?record=250
English translation of the most famous hymn credited to J. M. Altenburg.
site exerpt
0 Little Flock, Fear Not the Foe Who madly seeks your overthrow; Dread not his rage and power. What though your courage sometimes faints, His seeming triumph o'er God's saints Lasts but a little hour. 2. Be of good cheer; your cause belongs To Him who can...Biography noting his caring pastorate, teaching, and compositional abilities from Hymnuts.
http://www.hymnuts.com/hcompan/writers/altenb.htm