Ap­ril 20, 1594, Neu­stadt, Op­peln, Si­le­si­a.

Ap­ril 11, 1648, Bres­lau, Si­le­sia (now Wro­cław, Po­land).

Son of a saddler, Von Löw­en­stern dis­ting­uished him­self mu­sic­al­ly at an ear­ly age. Duke Hein­rich Wen­zel ap­point­ed him as his mu­sic di­rect­or and trea­sur­er at Bern­stadt in 1625; in 1626 as di­rect­or of the school at Bern­stadt; and in 1631 as Rath and Sec­re­ta­ry, and Di­rect­or of Fi­nance. There­af­ter Löw­en­stern en­tered the ser­vice of Em­per­ors Fer­di­nand II and Fer­di­nand III (the lat­ter grant­ed him no­ble title). Fin­al­ly, Löw­en­stern be­came Staats­rath at Oels to Duke Carl Fried­rich of Mün­ster­berg. He wrote about 30 hymns in his life­time.

1. Christe, du Bei­stand deiner Kreuz­ge­meine
   • Blest Aid of Thine Af­flict­ed Con­gre­ga­tion
   • Christ, Thou the Cham­pi­on of the Band Who Own
   • Lord of Our Life, and God of Our Sal­va­tion
   • O Christ, the Lead­er of that War-Worn Host
2. Nun preisvet alle Gott­es Barm­herz­ig­keit
   • Now Let All Loud­ly Sing Praise
3. Wenn ich in Angst und Noth
   • When An­guished and Per­plexed
   • When in Dis­tress and Woe I Lift

1. Christe Du Bei­stand