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Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ (Praise be to You, Jesus Christ), [1] BWV 91, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He wrote the Christmas cantata in Leipzig in 1724 for Christmas Day and first performed it on 25 December. It is based on the hymn " Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ" by Martin Luther which was 200 years old when Bach wrote the ...
" 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 ...
"Gelobt seist du, Herr Jesu Christ" (Praised be you, Lord Jesus Christ) is a Catholic hymn, addressing Jesus as the King. The five stanzas, composed in 1886, was written by the German Jesuit and hymnologist Guido Maria Dreves, and the melody was composed in 1928, three years after the introduction of the Feast of Christ the King, by the Austrian church musician Josef Venantius von Wöss.
Christmas Day: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91 (early version), [13] and Sanctus for six vocal parts, BWV 232/III (early version). [14] Second Day of Christmas: Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 121. [15] Third Day of Christmas: Ich freue mich in dir, BWV 133. [16] First Sunday after Christmas (31 December): Das neugeborne Kindelein ...
Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, dass du Mensch geboren bist von einer Jungfrau, das ist wahr; des freuet sich der Engel Schar. Kyrieleis! Now blessed be Thou, Christ Jesu; Thou art man borne, this is true: The aungels made a mery noyse, Yet have we more cause to rejoyse. Kirieleyson.
Examples include fantasias on the [hymn]s Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ BuxWV 188, Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein BuxWV 210, Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren BuxWV 213 and Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223. Buxtehude's chorale variations are usually in two or three voices.
The chorale melody of "Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ" in Johann Walter's Wittenberg Hymnal. In a combination of chorale and recitative, the soprano sings the sixth stanza, "Er ist auf Erden kommen arm" (He came to earth poor), [22] from Luther's hymn "Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ " [22] in a triple metre and embellished.
Praise be to You, Jesus Christ ("Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ") Praise God the Lord, Ye Sons of Men ("Lobt Gott, ihr Christen allzugleich") Open Wide the Gates ("Macht hoch die Tür") With strength, o people – From God shall naught divide me ("Mit Ernst, o Menschenkinder" – Von Gott will ich nicht lassen")