Born: Ju­ly 5, 1487, Neu­stadt, Ba­var­i­an Pa­la­tin­ate.

Died: Ap­ril 29, 1541, Kö­nig­sberg.

Graumann stu­died at Leip­zig (MA 1516, BD 1520), and in 1520 was ap­point­ed rec­tor of the St. Thomas School in Leip­zig. He at­tend­ed the Dis­pu­ta­tion in 1519 be­tween Dr. Eck, Lu­ther, and Carl­stadt, as the aman­u­en­sis of Eck, with the ul­ti­mate re­sult that he sup­port­ed the Re­for­ma­tion and left Leip­zig in 1522. In 1523, he be­came Evan­gel­i­cal preach­er at Würz­burg, but left at the out­break of the Pea­sants’ War in 1525. He went to Nürn­berg, where, around Lent, he was ap­point­ed preach­er to the nun­nery of St. Clara. Then, at the re­com­mend­a­tion of Lu­ther, he re­ceived from the Mar­grave Al­brecht of Bran­den­burg, an in­vi­ta­tion to help fur­ther the Re­for­ma­tion in Prus­sia; he be­gan his work as pas­tor of the Altstadt Church in Kö­nig­sberg, in Oc­to­ber 1525. There he was well known for his work in or­gan­iz­ing the evan­gel­i­cal schools in the pro­vince.

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Hymns

1. Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren
   • My Soul, Exalt the Lord Thy God
   • My Soul, Now Praise Thy Maker
   • Now to the Lord Sing Prais­es