Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren

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"Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren"
Zahn 8244
Textby Johann Gramann
LanguageGerman
Melodyby Hans Kugelmann
Published1540 (1540)

"Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren" (Now praise, my soul, the Lord) is a Lutheran hymn written in German by the theologian and reformer Johann Gramann in 1525. It was published in 1540 and appears in 47 hymnals. A translation by Catherine Winkworth, "My Soul, now Praise thy Maker!", was published in 1863.

History and text

The hymn is a general song of praise, paraphrasing

Zahn No. 8244,[3] derived from the secular song "Weiß mir ein Blümlein blaue".[4] A fifth stanza was added in a reprint in Nürnberg in 1555, "Sey Lob und Preis mit Ehren".[2] The hymn appears in 47 hymnals.[5]

Music

The text has been set by composers. Christoph Graupner wrote a cantata, Johann Hermann Schein composed a motet, Michael Praetorius a motet for eight voices. Heinrich Schütz set the hymn as part of Book I of his Psalmen Davids in 1619 (SWV 41).[6] and Johann Pachelbel used the melody in a chorale prelude in about 1693.

Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende, BWV 28, reflecting thanks for a year coming to a close.[7] Bach also used the third stanza of the hymn for the second of three movements of the motet Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225.[8] Bach's four-part chorale settings are BWV 389 and 390
.

Dieterich Buxtehude composed a chorale fantasia, BuxWV 212, in C major, and three organ preludes, BuxWV 213–215. An organ prelude was also written by Johann Pachelbel.

English

It was translated in several languages, including "My Soul, now Praise thy Maker!" by Catherine Winkworth, published in her Chorale Book for England in 1863. J. C. Jacobi translated it in 1722 as "My soul! exalt the Lord thy God", H. Mills as “Now to the Lord sing praises", published in 1845.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Hans Kugelmann / Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren". Carus-Verlag. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Johann Graumann". hymnary.org. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  3. ^ Zahn, Johannes (1892). Die Melodien der deutschen evangelischen Kirchenlieder (in German). Vol. V. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann. pp. 72–73. {{cite book}}: External link in |volume= (help)
  4. ISBN 9783525503232
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  5. ^ "Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren". hymnary.org. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Heinrich Schütz: Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren / aus: Psalmen Davids" (in German). Carus-Verlag. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  7. ^ Gardiner, John Eliot (2007). "Cantatas for the Third Sunday after Easter (Jubilate) / Schlosskirche, Altenburg" (PDF). bach-cantatas.com. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  8. ISBN 978-3765102493
    , p. 228

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