Vater unser im Himmelreich
"Vater unser im Himmelreich" | |
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Zahn 2561 | |
Text | by Martin Luther |
Language | German |
Based on | The Lord's Prayer |
Published | 1538 |
"Vater unser im Himmelreich" (Our Father in Heaven) is a
The hymn was published in Leipzig in 1539 in Valentin Schumann's hymnal Gesangbuch,[5] with a title explaining "The Lord's Prayer briefly expounded and turned into metre". It was likely first published as a broadsheet.[3]
The hymn was translated into English in several versions,[3] for example "Our Father, Thou in Heaven Above" by Catherine Winkworth in 1863 and "Our Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth" by Henry J. de Jong in 1982.[6] In the current German hymnal Evangelisches Gesangbuch (EG) it is number 344.
Text
Below is the German text from the 1539 Gesangbuch of Valentin Schumann with the English translation by George MacDonald.[7]
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Hymn tune
Below is the hymn tune from Valentin Schumann's Gesangbuch of 1539 (
In English-language publications, the tune has also appeared with various unrelated texts, and its use in English and Scottish Psalters as a setting for Psalm 112 has led to the tune being referred to as "Old 112th" in some hymnals.[9] The original rhythm is also sometimes altered, as for example in a harmonisation by Johann Sebastian Bach:[10]
Use in musical compositions
Numerous composers used the hymn tune, some also the text. There are choral settings by
Georg Böhm also set the hymn twice as a chorale prelude (formerly misattributed to Bach as BWV 760 and 761), in addition to a setting as an organ partita.
See also
References
- ^ "Vater unser im Himmelreich / Text and Translation of Chorale". bach-cantatas.com. 2006. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ a b "Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works / Vater unser im Himmelreich". bach-cantatas.com. 2006. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Vater unser im Himmelreich, der du uns". hymnary.org. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ Leaver, Robin A. (1998). "Luther's Catechism Hymns". Lutheran Quarterly. 12 (1): 79–88, 89–98.
- ^ a b c d e "Vater unser". hymnary.org. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ "Our Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth". hymnary.org. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ Terry 1921.
- ^ Zahn, Johannes (1890). Sechszeilige Melodien [Melodies in six lines]. Die Melodien der deutschen evangelischen Kirchenlieder (in German). Vol. II. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann. p. 141.
- ^ "Tune: Vater unser". Hymnary.org. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ "The New English Hymnal page 26". hymnary.org.
- ^ Williams 2003.
- ^ Ambrose, Z. Philip (2012). "BWV 245 Johannes-Passion". University of Vermont. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
Bibliography
- Terry, Charles Sanford (1921), Bach's Chorals, vol. III
- Williams, Peter (2003). The Organ Music of J. S. Bach (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-89115-9.