Born: Ap­ril 20, 1594, Neu­stadt, Op­peln, Schle­sien (Si­le­si­a).

Died: Ap­ril 11, 1648, Bres­lau, Ger­ma­ny.

Son of a saddler, Löw­en­stern dis­ting­uished him­self mu­sic­al­ly at an ear­ly age. Duke Hein­rich Wen­zel ap­point­ed him as his mu­sic di­rect­or and trea­sur­er at Bern­stadt in 1625; in 1626 as di­rect­or of the school at Bern­stadt; and in 1631 as Rath and Sec­re­ta­ry, and Di­rect­or of Fi­nance. There­af­ter Lö­wen­stern en­tered the ser­vice of Em­per­ors Fer­di­nand II and Fer­di­nand III (the lat­ter grant­ed him no­ble title). Fin­al­ly, Löw­enstern be­came Staats­rath at Oels to Duke Carl Fried­rich of Mün­ster­berg. He wrote about 30 hymns in his life­time.

Hymns

1. Christe, du Beistand deiner Kreuzgemeine
   • Blest Aid of Thine Afflicted Congrega­tion
   • Christ, Thou the Champion of the Band Who Own
   • Lord of Our Life, and God of Our Salva­tion
   • O Christ, the Leader of that War-Worn Host
2. Nun preiset alle Gottes Barmherzigkeit
   • Now Let All Loudly Sing Praise
3. Wenn ich in Angst und Noth
   • When Anguished and Perplexed
   • When in Distress and Woe I Lift

Music

1. Christe Du Beistand