Franz Seraph von Kohlbrenner | |
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| Born | Johann Franz Seraph Kohlbrenner 17 October 1728 |
| Died | 6 June 1783 (aged 54) |
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| Awards | Reichsritter |
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.