Franz Seraph von Kohlbrenner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German writer, civil servant and opinion journalist
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Place of Birth: Traunstein, Bavaria, Germany
About Franz Seraph von Kohlbrenner
- Johann Franz Seraph von Kohlbrenner (17 October 1728 – 6 June 1783) was a German polymath, promoting the Enlightenment in Bavaria.
- While working as a civil servant for the Bavarian court, he published a hymnal which contained a complete German High Mass and songs such as "Das Grab ist leer, der Held erwacht" (The grave is empty, the hero awoken) for which he is known.
- These hymns and especially his German mass, used in settings by Michael Haydn, remain popular to this day.
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