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German pastor
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
24 October 1561(Leipzig, Leipzig District, German Democratic Republic)
Death:
25 May 1604(Leipzig, Leipzig District, German Democratic Republic)
The details
Biography
Cornelius Becker (1561–1604) was an Orthodox Lutheran pastor in Leipzig. He prepared the Becker Psalter, some of which Heinrich Schütz set to music. Bach used his version of Psalm 23 for his cantata Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104.