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Johann Crüger

Johann Crüger
Johann Crüger, Sorbian-German composer and theorist (d. 1662)

Johann Crüger was a German composer of well-known hymns. He was also the editor of the most widely used Lutheran hymnal of the 17th century, Praxis pietatis melica.

9 April 1598

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