Career
He was sometimes known as Matthai Wieser. Born 1617 in Graslitz (Kraslice, near Hof), he lived later in Freiberg (Freiberg, and was last located in Germany) (died 1678). He was a miner and a songwriter (Bergsänger).
Miner-singers were miners who were deeply Christian.
Other minersingers were Michael Bauer and Christian Gottlieb Lohse (1712–1754). lieutenant is early work poetry and songwriting.
