Dr. Martin Luther's Deutsche Geistliche Lieder: The Hymns of Martin Luther Set to Their Original Melodies, With an English VersionLuther, Martin
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Dr. Martin Luther's Deutsche Geistliche Lieder: The Hymns of Martin Luther Set to Their Original Melodies, With an English Version
Luther, Martin
Hymns, German; Lutheran Church -- Hymns
From the Ambrosian Hymn, "Veni, Redemptor, gentium.)
_SAVIOUR OF THE HEATHEN, KNOWN._
TRANSLATION in part from R. Massie.
MELODY derived from that of the Latin hymn, in Walter's
Gesangbuch, 1525. Harmony from "The Choral Book for England,"
by Sterndale Bennett and Otto Goldschmidt, 1865.
VII. - Christum wir sollen loben schon.
(From the Latin hymn, "A solis ortus cardine.")
_NOW PRAISE WE CHRIST, THE HOLY ONE._
TRANSLATION by R. Massie.
MELODY that of the Latin hymn. Harmony by M. Praetorius, 1609.
VIII. - Gelobet sei'st du, Jesu Christ.
_ALL PRAISE TO JESUS' HALLOWED NAME._
TRANSLATION chiefly by R. Massie.
ANCIENT GERMAN CHURCH MELODY. Harmony by
A. Haupt, 1869.
IX. - Christ lag in Todesbanden.
"Christ ist erstanden."-Gebessert.
_CHRIST WAS LAID IN DEATH'S STRONG BANDS._
MELODY derived from that of the older German hymn. Harmony by
Bennett and Goldschmitt, 1865.
X. - Komm, Gott Schoepfer, heiliger Geist.
From _Veni, Creator Spiritus,_ ascribed to Charlemagne, 800.
_COME, GOD CREATOR, HOLY GHOST._
MELODY of the eighth century. Harmony by John Sebastian Bach.
XI. - Jesus Christus unser Heiland.
_JESUS CHRIST, WHO CAME TO SAVE._
MELODY first published by Klug, 1543, and Bapst, 1545. Harmony
after John Sebastian Bach.
XII. - Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott.
_"Veni, Sancte Spiritus,_ gebessert durch D. Martin Luther."
The first stanza translated from the Latin hymn ascribed to King
Robert of France (A. D. 991), is traced to a service-book of the
church in Basel, of the year 1514.
_COME, HOLY SPIRIT, LORD OUR GOD._
TRANSLATION chiefly that of Arthur Tozer Russell.
ORIGINAL LATIN MELODY. Harmony after Erythraeus, 1609.
XIII. - Diess sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot'.
The Ten Commandments.
_THAT MEN A GODLY LIFE MIGHT LIVE._
TRANSLATION chiefly by R. Massie.
XIV. - Jesus Christus unser Heiland.
Translated from "Jesus Christus, nostra salus," hymn of
John Huss.
_CHRIST, WHO FREED OUR SOULS FROM DANGER._
TRANSLATION by R. Massie.
MELODY in Walter, 1525. Harmony in Von Tucher, 1848.
XV. - Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet.
_MAY GOD BE PRAISED HENCEFORTH AND BLEST
FOREVER._
TRANSLATION by R. Massie, amended.
MELODY from some older one, 1525. Harmony by H. Schein, 1627.
XVI. - Es wollt' uns Gott genaedig sein.
Psalm LXVII. - Deus miseratur nostri.
_MAY GOD UNTO US GRACIOUS BE._
TRANSLATION by Arthur Tozer Russell.
MELODY in Koephl, Strassburg, 1538. Harmony, by A. Haupt, 1869.
XVII. - Wohl dem, der in Gottesfurcht steht.
Psalm CXXVIII.- Beati omnes qui timent Dominum.
_HAPPY THE MAN WHO FEARETH GOD._
TRANSLATION by R. Massie.
FIRST MELODY, of 1525. Harmony by Gesius, 1605.
SECOND MELODY, of 1537. Harmony by Landgraf Moritz, 1612.
XVIII. - Mitten wir im Leben sind.
The first stanza from _Media vita in morte sumus._ Notker, A.D. 912.
_THOUGH IN MIDST OF LIFE WE BE._
TRANSLATION by R. Massie.
Melody (_not_ from the Latin), 1525. Harmony by Erythraeus, 1608.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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