Friedrich Filitz

Friedrich Filitz
Born(1804-03-16)16 March 1804
Arnstadt
Died8 December 1876(1876-12-08) (aged 72)
Bonn
Occupations

Friedrich Filitz (16 March 1804 – 8 December 1876) was a German composer and musicologist who collected church music from the 16th and 17th centuries.

Biography

Filitz was born in Arnstadt, County of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, in 1804. He received a PhD and lived in Berlin from 1833, working as a music critic among other employment. In 1841, Filitz was shortlisted to be a censor of the Prussian state, although there were concerns he would be too strict. He moved to Munich in 1847, where his legacy of valuable church music is now in the Bavarian State Library. Through his collections of church music from the 16th and 17th, he made many forgotten works available once again.

One of his tunes, Mannheim, is one to which the hymn Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us, with words by English architect and hymn writer James Edmeston, has been set.

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References

  1. ↑ Anderson, Donald; Donaldson, Andrew, eds. (1997). "Hymn 647 Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us". Book of Praise. Presbyterian Church in Canada. p. 830. ISBN 0969990014. OCLC 1015434458.

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