Nikolaus Selnecker
- Birth Date:
- 05.12.1532
- Death date:
- 24.05.1592
- Length of life:
- 59
- Days since birth:
- 179490
- Years since birth:
- 491
- Days since death:
- 157770
- Years since death:
- 431
- Extra names:
- Nikolaus Selnecker, Николаус Зельнеккер, Nicolaus Selneccer, Sellenecker
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Nikolaus Selnecker (or Selneccer) (December 5, 1530, Hersbruck – May 24, 1592, Leipzig) was a German musician and theologian. He is now known mainly as a hymn writer. He is also known as one of the principal authors of the Formula of Concord along with Jakob Andreä and Martin Chemnitz.
At a young age he was an organist in Nuremberg. He studied under Melanchthon at the University of Wittenberg, graduating M. A. in 1554. Later he was a court preacher and musician at Dresden.
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