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"A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" (originally written in German with the title "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott") is one of the best known hymns by the Protestant Reformer Martin Luther, a prolific hymnwriter. Luther wrote the words and composed the hymn tune between 1527 and 1529. [1]
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott ("A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"), BWV 80 (also: BWV 80.3), [1] is a chorale cantata for Reformation Day by Johann Sebastian Bach.He reworked it from one of his Weimar cantatas, Alles, was von Gott geboren, BWV 80a (also: BWV 80.1). [2]
A Mighty Fortress most often refers to "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God", an English version of Martin Luther's 16th century hymn "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott". It may also refer to: A Mighty Fortress, a 1986 album by Steve Green; A Mighty Fortress, a 1977 game published by Simulations Publications
[1] [2] In the same year, he composed the motet Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott as a choral setting of Luther's hymn "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott", known in English as "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God", for a four-part choir and continuo. [1] [3] The motet was first published around 1780 in a collection of 34 motets. [4]
Martin Luther wrote and composed a hymn which paraphrases Psalm 46, "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott", which was translated as "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God". Luther's hymn was called "the Marseillaise of the Reformation" by Heinrich Heine in his essay Zur Geschichte der Religion und Philosophie in Deutschland. It inspired many musical works ...
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 ...
Martin Luther is notable not only as a reformer, but as the author of hymns including "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" ("A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"), "Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ" ("Praise be to You, Jesus Christ"), and many others. [45] Luther and his followers often used their hymns, or chorales, to teach tenets of the faith to worshipers.
Church Basement Ladies is a musical comedy, book by Jim Stowell and Jessica Zuehlke [1], music and lyrics by Drew Jansen.The story is about the ladies that work in the church basement cooking meals for church functions, and is inspired by the humorous book Growing Up Lutheran, by Janet Letnes Martin and Suzann Nelson.