February 23

On February 23, 2 anniversaries fall in the history of the hymns in this library: Johann Crüger died in 1662; George Heath died in 1822.

Each date below is given only where two independent sources — Hymnary.org and Wikidata — agree on the year, and the day itself comes from Wikidata. Dates before the 1750s are given as they were recorded at the time, in the Old Style calendar where that was in use.

Johann Crüger, who died on this day in 1662, is remembered in this library for the tunes AUF, AUF, MEIN HERZ MIT FREUDEN, NUN DANKET and VON GOTT WILL ICH NICHT LAZEN.

George Heath, who died on this day in 1822, is remembered in this library for the hymn “My Soul, Be on Thy Guard”.

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