Schamelius, Martin

Schamelius, Martin a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Meuselwitz, Altenburg, June 5, 1668. He studied at Leipsic and Halle, was in 1703 deacon, and in 1708 first pastor at Naumburg. He died in 1742. He is the author of, Naumburgisches glossirtes Gesangbuch nebst einer kurzgefassten Geschichte der Hymnopolorum (4th ed. Nuremberg, 1720): — Evangelischer Liedercommentarius, etc. (Leipsic, 1724; 2d ed. 1737): — Vindiciae Cantionum Sanctae Ecclesiae Evangelicae (1712-19, 3 parts). See Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Koch, Geschichte des deutschen Kirchenliedes, 5:526 sq. (B.P.)