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A schlager-style number, "Sailor" with its original German lyric, addresses a seafaring love object with an acceptance of his wanderlust: the English-language version inverts this sentiment turning the song into a plea for the sailor to return. The song is sometimes sung by male vocalists from the point of view of the sailor with the lyrics ...
Gotteslob ("Praise of God") is the title of the hymnbook authorized by the Catholic dioceses in Germany, Austria, South Tyrol, Luxembourg and Liège, Belgium.First published in Advent 2013, it is the current official hymnal for German-speaking Catholics, succeeding the first common German hymnal, the 1975 edition of the same name.
The reformer Martin Luther, a prolific hymnodist, regarded music and especially hymns in German as important means for the development of faith.. Luther wrote songs for occasions of the liturgical year (Advent, Christmas, Purification, Epiphany, Easter, Pentecost, Trinity), hymns on topics of the catechism (Ten Commandments, Lord's Prayer, creed, baptism, confession, Eucharist), paraphrases of ...
Der Herr ist mein Hirte, Evangelisches Kirchengesangbuch for the Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau, 1962 EKG 259, "Eins ist Not! Ach Herr, dies eine", 1962. The Evangelisches Kirchengesangbuch (EKG, literally: Protestant church songbook) was the first common hymnal of German-speaking churches in the Protestant state churches (Landeskirchen) in Germany and the Protestant churches in Austria.
" Jesu, meine Freude" ([ˈjeːzu ˈmaɪnə ˈfʁɔʏdə]; Jesus, my joy) is a hymn in German, written by Johann Franck in 1650, [1] with a melody, Zahn No. 8032, by Johann Crüger. The song first appeared in Crüger's hymnal Praxis pietatis melica in 1653. The text addresses Jesus as joy and support, versus enemies and the vanity of existence.
Life Songs No. 2 (1938) Selections from Life songs No. 2 (1942) Junior hymns for juniors in church, Sunday school, and Summer Bible school (1947) [618] [619] Handbook to The Mennonite Hymnary, by Lester Hostetler (1949) [620] Collection of Hymns Designed for the use of the Church of Christ by the Reformed Mennonite Church (1949) [621] [622]
H. Herr, deine Güt ist unbegrenzt; Herr, segne uns; Herr, dir ist nichts verborgen; Herr, du bist mein Leben; Herr, gib uns Mut zum Hören; Herr, mach uns stark
" Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ" ("Praise be to You, Jesus Christ") is a Lutheran hymn, written by Martin Luther in 1524. It was first published in 1524 in the Eyn geystlich Gesangk Buchleyn . For centuries the chorale has been the prominent hymn (Hauptlied) for Christmas Day in German speaking Lutheranism , but has also been used in different ...