June 28, 1604, Lo­ben­stein, Ger­ma­ny.

Oc­to­ber 6, 1651, Königsberg, Ger­ma­ny.

Albert start­ed his ca­reer as a mu­si­cian under Schütz in Dres­den in the early 1620’s, then stu­died law in Leip­zig for three years. Mov­ing to Kö­nigs­berg around 1630, he played the or­gan in that ci­ty’s ca­thed­ral. He com­posed al­most 200 piec­es, in­cluding mo­tets and al­le­gor­ic­al dra­mas. His works were pub­lished in Musicalische Kürbs-Hütte and other vol­umes from 1638 through 1650.

• Colles, p. volume 1, pp. 56-7
• Julian, p. 35
• Stulken, p. 338

1. Der rauhe Herbst kommt wied­er
   • Autumn Is Re­turn­ing, The
   • Sad Au­tumn’s Moan Re­turneth
2. Gott des Him­mels und der Erd­en
   • God of Mercy and of Might
   • God, the Lord of What’s Cre­at­ed
   • God, Thou Lord of Earth and Hea­ven
   • God, Who Hea­ven and Earth Up­hold­est
   • God Who Mad­est Earth and Hea­ven
   • Maker of the Earth and Hea­ven

1. Albert
   • Waltham (Al­bert)
2. Kalmar