Born: June 28, 1604, Lo­ben­stein, Ger­ma­ny.

Died: Oc­to­ber 6, 1651, Königsberg, Ger­ma­ny.

Albert start­ed his ca­reer as a mu­si­cian under Schütz in Dres­den in the early 1620’s, then stu­died law in Leip­zig for three years. Mov­ing to Kö­nigs­berg around 1630, he played the or­gan in that ci­ty’s ca­thed­ral. He com­posed al­most 200 piec­es, in­cluding mo­tets and al­le­gor­ic­al dra­mas. His works were pub­lished in Musicalische Kürbs-Hütte and other vol­umes from 1638 through 1650.

Sources

Music

1. Albert
   • Waltham (Albert)
2. Kalmar

Hymns

1. Der rauhe Herbst kommt wieder
   • Autumn Is Returning, The
   • Sad Autumn’s Moan Returneth
2. Gott des Himmels und der Erden
   • God of Mercy and of Might
   • God, the Lord of What’s Created
   • God, Thou Lord of Earth and Heaven
   • God, Who Heaven and Earth Upholdest
   • God Who Madest Earth and Heaven
   • Maker of the Earth and Heaven