Career
From 1655 to 1657 he was a choirboy in Dresden and pupil of Heinrich Schütz. From 1657 to 1664 on Schütz"s recommendation he was a singer in Wolfenbüttel. He was the cantor of the Thomanerchor, Leipzig, from 1677 to 1701.
In 1689/90 he collaborated on a cycle of chorale cantatas with Leipzig theologian Benedict Carpzov.