biography
| name: |
Beissel, Johann Conrad
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| male
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| lived:
| (1690–1768)
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| biography:
| Religious leader and composer, born in Eberbach-am-Neckar, Germany. Fleeing persecution, he went to America in 1720, and at Ephrata, PA founded the Solitary Brethren of the Community of Seventh Day Baptists (1732). Self-trained in music, he wrote many robust, homespun hymns for his community. |
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