Dr. Martin Luther's Deutsche Geistliche Lieder · Martin Luther

_OUT OF THE DEEP I CRY TO THEE._

TRANSLATION by Arthur Tozer Russel. FIRST MELODY from Walter's Gesangbuch, 1525. Harmony by John Sebastian Bach, about 1725. SECOND MELODY in Wolfgang Koephl's Gesangbuch, 1537, and in George Rhau's, 1544. Harmony by A. Haupt, 1869. FROM THE "ENCHIRIDION," Erfurt, 1524. V. - Ein neues Lied wir heben an. "A Song of the Two Christian Martyrs, burnt at Brussels by the Sophists of Louvain. Which took place in the year 1522." [The real date of the event was July 1, 1523; and the ballard gives every token of having been inspired by the first announcement of the story. The excellent translation of Mr. Massie has been conformed more closely to the original in the third and fourth stanzas; also, by a felicitous quatrain from the late Dr. C. T. Brooks, in the tenth stanza.] TRANSLATION principally that of R. Massie. MELODY in Walter's Gesangbuch, 1525. Harmony by M. Praetorius, 1610. VI. - Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland. From the Ambrosian Hymn, "Veni, Redemptor, gentium.) 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.") TRANSLATION by R. Massie. MELODY that of the Latin hymn. Harmony by M. Praetorius, 1609.

VIII. - Gelobet sei'st du, Jesu Christ. TRANSLATION chiefly by R. Massie. ANCIENT GERMAN CHURCH MELODY. Harmony by A. Haupt, 1869. IX. - Christ lag in Todesbanden. "Christ ist erstanden."-Gebessert. 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. MELODY of the eighth century. Harmony by John Sebastian Bach. XI. - Jesus Christus unser Heiland. 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. 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. TRANSLATION chiefly by R. Massie. XIV. - Jesus Christus unser Heiland. Translated from "Jesus Christus, nostra salus," hymn of John Huss. TRANSLATION by R. Massie. MELODY in Walter, 1525. Harmony in Von Tucher, 1848. XV. - Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet. 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. 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. 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. TRANSLATION by R. Massie. Melody (_not_ from the Latin), 1525. Harmony by Erythraeus, 1608. XIX. - Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist. The first stanza from an ancient German hymn. TRANSLATION by Arthur Tozer Russell. Melody, 1525. Harmony by A. Haupt, 1869. XX. - Mit Fried' und Freud' ich fahr' dahin. The Song Of Simeon: Nunc Dimittis. MELODY, 1525. Harmony by M. Praetorius, 1610. XXI. - Mensch, willt du leben seliglich. The Ten Commandments, abridged. TRANSLATION by R. Massie, adapted. Melody, 1525. Harmony by H. Schein, 1627. XXII. - Gott der Vater wohn' uns bei. An ancient Litany-hymn of the German churches, much used in Passion-week and in the processions before Ascension-day by Luther "gebessert und christlich corrigyret." ANCIENT GERMAN MELODY. Harmony by Landgraf Moritz, 1612. XXIII. - Wir glauben All' an einen Gott. The Creed. "Das deutsche patrem." MELODY, 1525. Harmony from an ancient source.

XXIV. - Waer' Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit. Psalm CXXIV. - Nisi quia Dominus. TRANSLATION by R. Massie. MELODY, 1525. Harmony by M. Praetorius, 1610. XXV. - Jesaia, dem Propheten, das geschah. Isaiah VI, 1-4. The German Sanctus. MELODY, 1526. Harmony by Erythraeus, 1608. IN "FORM UND ORDNUNG GEISTLICHER GESANG," Augsburg, 1529. XXVI. - Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott. Psalm XLVI. - Deus refugium noster et virtus. MELODY, 1529. Harmony by [nothing printed here]. IN A COLLECTION OF "GEISTLICHE LIEDER," Wittenberg, 1533. XXVII. - Berleih' uns Frieden gnaediglich. Da pacem Domine. TRANSLATION by R. Massie, amended. MELODY, 1533? 1543. Harmony by Erythraeus, 1608. XXVIII. - Herr Gott, dich loben wir. Te Deum Laudamus. TRANSLATION by R. Massie, amended. MELODY derived from the Latin. Harmony by Landgraf Moritz, 1612. XXIX. Von Himmel hoch da komm ich her. "A Children's Christmas Song of the little child Jesus, taken from the second chapter of Luke, by Dr. Martin Luther." Said to have written by him for his little son Hans. TRANSLATION from Miss Winkworth, amended. MELODY, 1535? 1543. Harmony by [nothing printed here]. XXX. - Sie ist mir lieb, die werthe Magd. A song concerning the Holy Christian Church - Revelation xii, 1-6. _DEAR IS TO ME THE HOLY MAID._ TRANSLATION by R. Massie. MELODY in Babst, 1545. Harmony by M. Praetorius, 1610.

IN KOEPHL'S GESANGBUCH, Strassburg, 1535? 1538? XXXI. - Vater unser im Himmelreich. The Lord's Prayer paraphrased. TRANSLATION by C. Winkworth, in "Choral Book for England," amended. Melody, 1535? Harmony by A. Haupt, 1869. [In Winterfeld's edition of Luther's hymns, Leipzig, 1840, may be found a fac-simile of Luther's autograph draft of this paraphrase, including the cancelled draft of a tune for it.] XXXII. - Von Himmel kam der Engel schaar. A shorter Christmas Song. TRANSLATION by R. Massie. XXXIII. - Erhalt' uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort. "A children's song, to be sung against the two arch-enemies of Christ and his Holy Church, the Pope and the Turks." MELODY, 1543. Harmony by W. Sterndale Bennett, 1865. XXXIV. - Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam. A Spiritual Song concerning our Holy Baptism. _TO JORDAN CAME OUR LORD THE CHRIST._ TRANSLATION by R. Massie, amended. MELODY, 1525 first adapted to "Es wollt' uns Gott genaedig sein," supposed to be derived from an old secular melody. Harmony by A. Haupt, 1869. XXXV. - Was fuercht'st du, Feind Herodes, sehr? _Herodes hostis impie_ by Sedelius in the 5th century.

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