This was the most productive period of his life: his compositions of this time include a collection of 1663, which set sacred texts mentioning the terrible plague which killed his first wife and many of his colleagues in Hamburg that year, including Heinrich Scheidemann.
Dette var den mest produktive periode i hans liv: hans kompositioner fra denne tid omfatter en samling fra 1663, som omfattede hellige tekster om den samtidige forfærdelige pest, der dræbte hans første kone og mange af hans kolleger i Hamborg det år, herunder Heinrich Scheidemann.