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  2. Magnificat - Wikipedia

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    The Magnificat (Latin for "[My soul] magnifies [the Lord]") is a canticle, also known as the Song of Mary or Canticle of Mary, and in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Ode of the Theotokos (Greek: Ἡ ᾨδὴ τῆς Θεοτόκου). Its Western name derives from the incipit of its Latin text.

  3. Den Herren will ich loben - Wikipedia

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    Maria Luise Thurmair wrote the hymn first in 1954. [1] It is a close paraphrase of the Magnificat (Song of Mary), [2] written to match a 1613 melody by Melchior Teschner. The hymn is in three stanzas of eight lines each. It was revised in 1971. [1] It appeared in the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob in 1975 as GL 261. [3]

  4. Tell Out, My Soul - Wikipedia

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    Timothy Dudley-Smith wrote the hymn in May 1961 when he and his wife had just moved into their first house in Blackheath.He was inspired to write the text when he was reading a modern paraphrase of the Magnificat in Luke 1:46–55 in the New English Bible, a translation which begins with the phrase, "Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord".

  5. Magnificat (Schubert) - Wikipedia

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    The Magnificat in C major, D 486, is a musical setting of the Magnificat hymn composed by Franz Schubert in 1816. [1] It is scored for SATB soloists , mixed choir , 2 oboes , 2 bassoons , 2 trumpets , violin I and II, viola , timpani and basso continuo ( cello , double bass and organ ).

  6. Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10 - Wikipedia

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    Bach based his BWV 10 cantata on Luther's German Magnificat and its traditional setting, working text and melody into the composition as he had done with Lutheran hymns in other chorale cantatas. By early July 1724 Bach was more than a month into his second year as Thomaskantor in Leipzig.

  7. Hymns to Mary - Wikipedia

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    These liturgies include the Magnificat hymn, which is one of the eight most ancient Christian hymns—perhaps the earliest, according to historian Marjorie Reeves. It is named after its first word in the 4th-century Vulgate Bible, based on Luke 1:46–55 , and is widely used by Roman Catholics, Anglicans, and the Eastern Orthodox.

  8. Meine Seele erhebt den Herren - Wikipedia

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    The tonus peregrinus is an exceptional psalm tone in Gregorian chant: there it was most clearly associated with Psalm 113, traditionally sung in vespers.In Lutheranism, the tonus peregrinus is associated with the Magnificat (also usually sung in vespers): the traditional setting of Luther's German translation of the Magnificat ("Meine Seele erhebt den Herren") is a German variant of the tonus ...

  9. Magnificat (Schütz) - Wikipedia

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    Magnificat, a regular part in Catholic vesper services, was also used in the Lutheran church, in vespers and for Marian feasts. Schütz set the Magnificat text once in Latin and five times in German, Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (My soul magnifies the Lord), also called German Magnificat. Schütz composed them at different times for different ...