Langbecker, Emanuel Christian Gottlieb

Langbecker, Emanuel Christian Gottlieb a German hymn-writer, was born at Berlin, August 31, 1792, and died October 24,1843. He published, Gedichte (Berlin, 1824, 1828, 2 collections): — Das deutsche-evangelische Kirchenlied (1830): — Gesang-Blatter aus demi 16. Jahrhundert (1838): — Leben und Lieder von P. Gerhard (1841). Some of his spiritual songs are found in the hymn- books of Germany. See Koch, Geschichte des deutschen Kirchenliedes, 7:40 sq.; Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 2:763. (B.P.)