Matthäus Apelles von Löwenstern (1594-1648)

Matthäus Apelles von Löwenstern (1594-1648) was a German hymnist. He was the son of a saddler but distinguished himself musically from an ear­ly age.

Duke Hein­rich Wen­zel (1617-1639) of Münsterberg-Oels ap­point­ed him as his mu­sic di­rect­or and trea­sur­er at Bern­stadt in Baden-Württemberg in Germany in 1625. In 1626 he was appointed as di­rect­or of the school at Bern­stadt and then in 1631 as Rath and Sec­re­ta­ry, and Di­rect­or of Fi­nance. There­af­ter Löw­en­stern en­tered the ser­vice of Hapsburg Holy Roman Emperors Fer­di­nand II (1578 – 1637) and Fer­di­nand III (1608 – 1657) who grant­ed him his no­ble title. Fin­al­ly, Löw­en­stern be­came Staats­rath at Oels to Duke Carl Fried­rich of Mün­ster­berg.

He wrote around 30 hymns in his life­time.

Lord Of Our Life
Hymn / 11 11 11 5 / Advent / Ash Wednesday / Classic Hymns for Lent and Passiontide / Cloisters / Good Friday / Joseph Barnby (1838-1899) / Lent / Matthäus Apelles von Löwenstern (1594-1648) / Passiontide / Philip Pusey (1799 -1855) / Year A Advent 1 / Year A Lent 1 / Year A Trinity Sunday / Year B Epiphany 1 (Baptism of The Lord) / Year B Epiphany 3 / Year B Epiphany Transfiguration Sunday, Next Before Lent / Year B Lent 1 / Year C Advent 1 / Year C Epiphany 1, Baptism of The Lord / Year C Proper 23, Ordinary 28, Trinity 17

Lord Of Our Life (Cloisters, Organ, 4 Verses)

Lord Of Our Life : Recording This recording has been made to accompany singers in Church Services. Tune: Cloisters, composed

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