Paul Thymich [SEP] occupation
Paul Thymich
Paul Thymich or "Thiemich" (17 June 1656, Großenhain – 1694, Leipzig) was a German poet.
Life.
Having studied at the Thomasschule zu Leipzig and the University of Leipzig, Thymich served as a teacher at the former from 1681 until his death. He also worked as a secular and religious poet and an opera librettist for the Leipziger Oper and the ducal court at Weißenfels. He wrote the eleven-verse poem "Komm, Jesu, komm" for Johann Schelle (cantor of
Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229
' (Come, Jesus, come), ', is a motet by Johann Sebastian Bach, with a text by Paul Thymich. It was composed in Leipzig, and received its first performance by 1731–1732.
Bach scored the motet for double choir. It was probably composed for a funeral, as others of his motets but exact dates of composition and performance are not known. It is his only motet without biblical text. He set a poem by Paul Thymich, which