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He wrote "I Know That My Redeeemer Lives" in 1775 while he was a minister at a Baptist church in Liverpool. [3] It was first published in George Whitefield's Psalms and Hymns hymnal in the same year with seven verses though without attribution. [1] He later self-published it in 1800 in the London edition of his Hymns hymnal. [1]
Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt (I know that my Redeemer lives), TWV 1:877, BWV 160, is a church cantata composed around 1725 by Georg Philipp Telemann for Easter Sunday, formerly attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach. [1]
This chime is traditionally, though without substantiation, [7] believed to be a set of variations on the four notes that make up the fifth and sixth bars of "I know that my Redeemer liveth" from Handel's Messiah. [8] [1]: 8–9 This is why the chime is also played by the bells of the so-called Red Tower in Halle, the native town of Handel.
The opening soprano solo in E major, "I know that my Redeemer liveth" is one of the few numbers in the oratorio that has remained unrevised from its original form. [129] Its simple unison violin accompaniment and its consoling rhythms apparently brought tears to Burney's eyes. [ 130 ]
The aria for soprano "I know that my Redeemer liveth" draws from both Job and Paul. The words are "an expression of faith in redemption" and announce the Second Coming of Christ . [ 7 ] The aria begins with an ascending fourth , a signal observed by musicologist Rudolf Steglich as a unifying motif of the oratorio, [ 5 ] on the words "I know ...
140. Arise, My Soul, Arise; 141. Behold the Saviour of Mankind; 142. He Died; the Great Redeemer Died; 143. O God, the Eternal Father; 144. I Know That My Redeemer Lives; 145. Gently Raise the Sacred Strain; 146. Ye Children of Our God; 147. Behold Thy Sons and Daughters, Lord
Thy mercy, my God, is the theme of my song (John Stocker) From Greenland’s icy mountains (Reginald Heber) O Jesus! the giver of all we enjoy (Anon.) In ancient days men fear’d the Lord; Mortals, awake! with angels join (Samuel Medley) The Lord into his garden comes (Anon.) I know that my Redeemer lives (Samuel Medley)†§
Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration is a gospel album by various artists, released in 1992 on Warner Alliance.Executive produced by Norman Miller, Gail Hamilton and Mervyn Warren, it is a reinterpretation of the 1741 oratorio Messiah by George Frideric Handel, and has been widely praised for its use of multiple genres of African-American music, including spirituals, blues, ragtime, big ...