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Rinkart was a prolific hymn writer. In Rinkart's Jesu Hertz-Büchlein (Leipzig, 1636), "Nun danket alle Gott" appears under the title "Tisch-Gebetlein", as a short prayer before meals. The exact date is debated, but it is known that it was widely sung by the time the Peace of Westphalia was signed in 1648.
When Crüger published "Nun danket all und bringet Ehr" in the 1647 edition of his hymnal Praxis pietatis melica, it was possibly without a melody. The hymn appears in the 1653 edition with a melody by Crüger and a figured bass. The melody is close to tunes from the Genevan Psalter, for Psalm 75 and Psalm 97, which also express thanks. [3]
The First Silent Night (2014), documentary narrated by Simon Callow [27] Stille Nacht – ein Lied für die Welt (2018), music documentary created and directed by Hannes M. Schalle, narrated by Peter Simonischek. [28] [29] An English version, Silent Night – A Song for the World (2020), narrated by Hugh Bonneville, was released two years later ...
New Britain (tune) Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist; Nun danket all und bringet Ehr; Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein; Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland; Nun laßt uns Gott dem Herren; Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren
Martin Rinkart (1586–1649) Martin Rinkart, or Rinckart (23 April 1586, Eilenburg – 8 December 1649) was a German Lutheran clergyman and hymnist.He is best known for the text to "Nun danket alle Gott" ("Now thank we all our God") which was written c. 1636.
The song appears in German hymnals, including in the Protestant Evangelisches Gesangbuch as EG 320. [2] [5] It appears in 14 hymnals. [6] The hymn became a model for other hymns of thanks, including Paul Gerhardt's "Nun lasst uns gehn und treten", a song for New Year's Day which even follows the wording of the beginning, sung to the same tune. [2]
He included the first stanza from Martin Rinckart's hymn " Nun danket alle Gott" and as the closing chorale the final stanza of Ludwig Helmbold's hymn "Nun laßt uns Gott dem Herren ". [4] According to the Bach scholar Klaus Hofmann, the first of these hymns was sung regularly after the sermon on Reformation Day in Leipzig. [5]
The author wrote in his preface, dated 10 August 1598: Day by day I wrote out my meditations, found myself, thank God, wonderfully well, comforted in heart, joyful in spirit, and truly content; gave to my manuscript the name and title of a Mirror of Joy... to leave behind me (if God should call me from this world) as a token of my peaceful, joyful, Christian departure, or (if God should spare ...