Baptized: Jan­u­a­ry 28, 1691, Wal­ters­haus­en (near Go­tha), Thuringia, Ger­ma­ny.

Buried: Ap­ril 2, 1758, Frank­furt-am-Main, Ger­ma­ny.

König stu­died under Georg Phil­ipp Tel­e­mann at St. Ca­ther­ine’s Church in Frank­furt am Main, and lat­er suc­ceed­ed him. He al­so served as mu­sic director at the Barfüsser-kirche (Barefoot Friars’ Church), and taught sing­ing at the local Gymnasium. His works in­clude:

• Harmonischer Lied­er-Schatz, oder All­ge­mein­es Evan­gel­isch­en Chor­al-Buch (Frank­furt am Main, Ger­ma­ny: 1738)

Sources

Music

1. Alles Ist an Gott­es Se­gen
2. Der am Kreuz
3. Franconia
4. O Dass Ich Tau­sen Zung­en
5. St. Greg­o­ry