Johann Schop (c.1590-1667)

Johann Schop (c.1590-1667) was a German violinist and composer, much admired as a musician and a technician, who was a virtuoso and whose compositions for the violin set impressive technical demands for the time.

His melody Werde munter, mein Gemüte of 1641 was used by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) for two chorale movements of his cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147.

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