1753–1831

Introduction

Born: De­cem­ber 7, 1753, Bres­lau, Ger­ma­ny (now Wro­cław, Po­land).

Died: Ap­ril 28, 1831, Ber­lin, Ger­ma­ny (some sourc­es say Bres­lau).

Biography

Bürde’s fa­ther was keep­er of St. Bar­ba­ra’s Church in Bres­lau.

After stu­dy­ing law at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Hal­le, Sam­uel was tu­tor and su­per­in­ten­dent of a cha­ri­ty school at Bres­lau (1776–78).

He then be­came pri­vate sec­re­ta­ry to the Ca­bi­net min­is­ter von Haug­witz, worked two years in the For­es­try De­part­ment, and af­ter be­ing sec­re­ta­ry to the Fi­nance De­part­ment at Bres­lau, be­came a mem­ber of the Aul­ic Coun­cil and Di­rect­or of Chan­ce­ry at Ber­lin.

Works

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Lyrics

  1. Der Früh­ling ist ers­chien­en
  2. Erzählung von ein­er ge­sell­schaft­lich­en Reise
  3. Meines Herz­ens Freude ist nur die
  4. Nicht mehr als meine Kräfte tra­gen
  5. Steil und dor­nicht ist der Pfad
    • Lo! Steep and Thor­ny Is the Road
    • Steep and Thor­ny Is the Way to Our Home
    • Steep and Thor­ny Is the Way Lead­ing On
    • Steep and Thor­ny Is the Way on to Life
  6. Uns, die Ge­bund­nen, zu be­frei­en
  7. Wenn der Herr einst die Ge­fang­nen
  8. Wir wall­en Pil­ger all­zu­mal
    • We Are but Pil­grims Here Be­low

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