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It has been paraphrased in hymns and set to music. Its image of Justice and Peace kissing in verse 10 [4] ("righteousness and peace" in versions such as the New International Version) was a popular theme in art work from the Middle Ages through the 18th century.
A Christian hymn in English, "How beautiful the sight", was written based on Psalm 133 by James Montgomery, sung to the tune Old Godric. [ 26 ] In 1571, David Aquinus composed a setting of Psalm 133 for four voices, setting the translation of the Bible by Martin Luther , "Siehe, wie fein und lieblich ist's" (See how fine and lovely it is). [ 27 ]
The following lists contains all the hymns composed by Sankey that are found in the "1200" edition of Sacred Songs and Solos. Many of these hymns are also found in the six-volume collection, Gospel Hymns and Sacred Songs , which Sankey edited with Philip Bliss and others, which was published in the United States between 1876 and 1891.
The Court of Sapience, book 1; Piers Plowman (later fourteenth century), where they appear just after Christ's death (passus 18 in the B-text, passus 21 in the C-text). This seems to be based on Grosseteste's text. [6] Nicholas Love's The Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ (translated from the Meditations on the Life of Christ)
The hymn has been used by numerous composers, including Johann Sebastian Bach. There is a version for organ, BWV 720, written early in his career, possibly for the organ at Divi Blasii, Mühlhausen. [20] He used the hymn as the basis of his chorale cantata Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80 written for a celebration of Reformation Day.
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O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing" is a Christian hymn written by Charles Wesley. [1] [2] The hymn was placed first in John Wesley's A Collection of Hymns for the People Called Methodists published in 1780. It was the first hymn in every Methodist hymnal from that time until the publication of Hymns and Psalms in 1983. [3]
The author of the Hymn is unknown, though there is a belief that it was composed by the Syriac gnostic Bardaisan from Edessa due to some parallels between his life and that of the hymn. [1] It is believed to have been written in the 2nd century [ 2 ] or even possibly the 1st century, [ 3 ] and shows influences from heroic folk epics from the ...