Puer natus in Bethlehem
"Puer natus in Bethlehem" (A child is born in Bethlehem) is a medieval Latin Christmas hymn. The thirteenth-century text is traditionally associated with a fourteenth-century tune of the same name.[1]
Lyrics
Lyric translation by Hamilton Montgomerie MacGill, 1876
Puer natus in Bethlehem, Alleluia. |
A Child is born in Bethlehem;
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Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem
"Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem" is
An older form of the hymn tune, Zahn 192a, was not only used for the Latin and German versions of the hymn, but also, for instance, for Luther's
References
- ^ The Hymnal 1982 Companion: Volume 3 - Page 201 Raymond F. Glover - 1995 "Bethlehem. Music: Puer natus in Bethlehem / This thirteenth-century text and fourteenth-century tune, a matching of enduring popularity, appears for the first time in an Episcopal hymnal in H82"
- ^ a b Zahn, Johannes (1889). Die Melodien der deutschen evangelischen Kirchenlieder (in German). Vol. I. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann. p. 53.
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- ^ Luke Dahn (2017). BWV 65.2 at www
.bach-chorales .com - ^ BWV2a(1998), p. 479
External links
- Media related to Puer natus in Bethlehem at Wikimedia Commons