About Francis Florentine Hagen
Lived 1815 – 1907 (aged 91). Francis Florentine Hagen was a composer.
Francis Florentine Hagen (1815–1907) was a Moravian minister and composer. He is best known for his hymn "Morning Star" that is typically sung on Christmas Eve.
Hagen was born in Salem (now part of Winston-Salem), North Carolina, on October 30, 1815, the son of Johann Joachim Hagen and Susanna Lick. He grew up in Salem before attending the Moravian Theological Seminary in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1835. He composed large-scale orchestral and vocal works in addition to solo voice and piano pieces.
Hagen was one of the three original editors of the Moravian Magazine from 1856 to 1858. He died in Lititz, Pennsylvania, on July 7, 1907.
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Moravian minister and composer
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