Author:Johannes Kelpius

←

Johannes Kelpius
(c. 1667 – 1708)

→

sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons category, Wikidata item

German Pietist, mystic, musician, and writer. He and his followers moved to Philadelphia where they set up a commune. The collection of hymns attributed to him is the oldest musical manuscript in the American colonies.

Works

The Lamenting Voice of the Hidden Love, collection of hymns attributed to Kelpius
- "Von der Ruhe", hymn from this collection
A Short, Easy, and Comprehensive Method of Prayer

Works about Kelpius

"Kelpius, John," in Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, New York: D. Appleton and Co. (1891)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse