List of hymns by Martin Luther
| Hymns by Martin Luther | |
|---|---|
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| Written | 1524–1541 |
| Language | German |
A list of hymns by Martin Luther has information about their incipit, liturgical context, text bases and their language, publishing hymnal and time of publication, related texts, music, number in the Protestant hymnal Evangelisches Gesangbuch (EG) and the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob (GL), and notes.
The reformer Martin Luther 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 psalms, and other songs. Whenever Luther went out from existing texts, here listed as "text source" (bible, Latin and German hymns), he widely expanded, transformed and personally interpreted them.[1][2]
Luther worked on the tunes, sometimes modifying older tunes, in collaboration with Johann Walter. Hymns were published in the Achtliederbuch, in Walter's choral hymnal Eyn geystlich Gesangk Buchleyn (Wittenberg) and the Erfurt Enchiridion (Erfurt) in 1524, and in the Klugsches Gesangbuch (Klug hymnal) in 1535, second edition in 1543 (Klug II), among others.
| Incipit | Liturgy | Text source | Tune source | Published | Date | No. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland | Advent | "Veni redemptor gentium" | after older tune | Erfurt | 1524 | EG 4 | |
| Christum wir sollen loben schon | Christmas | "A solis ortus cardine" | older tune | Erfurt | 1524 | EG 539 | |
| Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ | Christmas | Medieval Leise | Erfurt | 1524 | EG 23, GL 252 | ||
| Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her | Christmas | Luke 2:8–14 | 1537 | EG 24, GL 237 | for his children | ||
| Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schar | Christmas | 1543 | EG 25 | ||||
| Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin | Purification | Nunc dimittis, Luke 2:29–32 | Luther | Wittenberg | 1524 | EG 519 | also funeral |
| Was fürcht'st du, Feind Herodes, sehr? | Epiphany | "A solis ortus cardine" | 1541 | ||||
| Christ lag in Todes Banden | Easter | "Victimae paschali laudes", "Christ ist erstanden" |
Erfurt | 1524 | EG 101 | ||
| Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod überwand | Easter | Erfurt | 1524 | EG 102 | |||
| Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist | Pentecost | "Veni Creator Spiritus" | Wittenberg | 1524 | EG 126 | ||
| Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott | Pentecost | "Veni Sancte Spiritus, reple" | Wittenberg | 1524 | EG 125 | ||
| Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist | Pentecost | Medieval Leise | Wittenberg | 1524 | EG 124, GL 348 | ||
| Gott der Vater wohn' uns bei | Trinity | Wittenberg | 1525 | EG 138 | |||
| Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot | Commandments | Erfurt | 1524 | EG 231 | |||
| Mensch, willt du leben seliglich | Commandments | Wittenberg | 1524 | ||||
| Wir glauben all an einen Gott | Creed | older tune | Wittenberg | 1524 | EG 183 | ||
| Vater unser im Himmelreich | Lord's Prayer | 1539 | EG 344 | ||||
| Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam | Baptism | Klug II | 1541 | EG 202 | |||
| Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir | Confession | Psalms 130 | Achtliederbuch | 1524 | EG 299, GL 277 | ||
| Christe, du Lamm Gottes | Communion | Agnus Dei | older tune | Bugenhagen | 1528 | EG 190:2, GL 208 | |
| Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Gotteszorn wandt | Communion | "Jesus Christus nostra salus" | older tune | Erfurt | 1524 | EG 215 | |
| Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet | Communion | Medieval Leise | Erfurt | 1524 | EG 214, GL 215 | ||
| Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein | Psalm | Psalms 12 | Achtliederbuch | 1524 | EG 273 | ||
| Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl | Psalm | Psalms 14 | Achtliederbuch | 1524 | |||
| Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott | Psalm | Psalms 46 | 1527? | EG 362 | |||
| Es woll' uns Gott genädig sein | Psalm | Psalms 67 | Wittenberg | 1524 | EG 280 | ||
| Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit | Psalm | Psalms 124 | Wittenberg | 1524 | |||
| Wohl dem, der in Gottesfurcht | Psalm | Psalms 128 | Erfurt | 1524 | |||
| Der du bist drei in Einigkeit | "O lux beata Trinitas" | Wittenberg | 1543 | EG 470 | Evening song | ||
| Die beste Zeit im Jahr ist mein | EG 319 | music; spring time | |||||
| Ein neues Lied wir heben an | Erfurt | 1524 | Luther's first hymn | ||||
| Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort | 1541 | EG 193 | |||||
| Herr Gott, dich loben wir | Te Deum | Wittenberg | 1529 | EG 191 | |||
| Jesaja, dem Propheten, das geschah | Sanctus | Isaiah 6 | Wittenberg | 1526 | |||
| Litanei | Litany | EG 192 | |||||
| Mitten wir im Leben sind | Funeral | Media vita in morte sumus | Erfurt | 1524 | EG 518, GL 503 | ||
| Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein | Achtliederbuch | 1524 | EG 341 | ||||
| Sie ist mir lieb, die werte Magd | Revelation 12 | Klug | 1535 | ||||
| Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich | Da pacem Domine | Klug | 1529 | EG 421, GL 475 |
References
- ^ Squire, William Barclay (1900). A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Luther, Martin. Grove.
- ^ Albrecht, Christoph Albrecht (1995). Einführung in die Hymnologie (in German). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. pp. 17–18. ISBN 3-52-557178-X.
Literature
- Otto Schlißke, Handbuch der Lutherlieder, Göttingen 1948