Hermann, Nicolaus, called the pious old ‘Cantor’²²Cantor is, in some parts of Germany, a title given to the village schoolmaster, who, as parish clerk, leads the singing in church. of Joachimsthal (in Voigtland), a devout writer of hymns. He was the intimate friend of the pious minister of Joachimsthal, Matthesius, whose sermons often inspired him with a hymn on the same text. He died in 1561, at a very advanced age.