Die güldne Sonne voll Freud und Wonne
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"Die güldne Sonne voll Freud und Wonne" | |
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Christian morning hymn | |
English | The golden sun full of joy and delight |
Text | by Paul Gerhardt |
Language | German |
Melody | by Johann Georg Ebeling |
Published | 1666 |
"Die güldne Sonne voll Freud und Wonne" (The golden sun full of joy and delight) is a Christian morning hymn with a text written by Paul Gerhardt in 1666, and a melody by Johann Georg Ebeling. It was first published in a collection of Ebeling's melodies for texts by Gerhardt's, Pauli Gerhardi Geistliche Andachten, which was printed by Christoph Runge in Berlin in 1666/67. The song was number 25, under the header "Morgen-Segen" (Morning – Blessing).[1]
The song was published with a different melody by Jacob Hintze in the 1671 edition of Johann Crüger's hymnal Praxis Pietatis Melica.[2]
The hymn has twelve stanzas of 10 lines each, rhyming aa bb c dd ee c. In the German Protestant hymnal, Evangelisches Gesangbuch, it is EG 449.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Lieder von Paul Gerhardt" (PDF) (in German). iah-hymnologie.de. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ "Die güldne Sonne". The Free Lutheran Chorale-Book. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
External links
- Die güldne Sonne voll Freud und Wonne: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Die güldne Sonne voll Freud und Wonne text in liederdatenbank.de
- hymnary Die güldne Sonne, voll Freud und Wonne