Matthäus Wieser (1617–1678) was a collector and songwriter of work songs, often for miners.
[1] Born in 1617 in Graslitz (Kraslice, near Hof), he lived later in Freiberg (Freiberg, and was last located in Germany).
Miner-singers were miners who were deeply Christian.
Other minersingers were Michael Bauer and Christian Gottlieb Lohse (1712–1754).
It is early work poetry and songwriting.