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In lieu of an official national anthem, popular German songs such as the "Trizonesien-Song", a self-deprecating carnival song, were used at some sporting events. A variety of musical compositions was used or discussed, such as the finale of Ludwig van Beethoven 's Ninth Symphony , which is a musical setting of Friedrich Schiller 's poem "An die ...
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 ...
The Reformed Joachim Neander ("Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren") and the Reformed mystic Gerhard Tersteegen ("Ich bete an die Macht der Liebe") wrote many hymns that are still popular today. The most important hymn book of Pietism was the Freylinghausen hymnal published in Halle in 1704, which contained about 1,500 songs in two ...
Hymn texts by Gerhardt, listed with a translation of the first line, associated hymn tune, base, liturgical occasion, the number in the current German Protestant hymnal Evangelisches Gesangbuch (EG) and the Catholic Gotteslob (GL), use in Bachs works (BWV numbers between 1 and 200 are cantatas, BWV 245 is the St John Passion, BWV 244 is the St ...
German 1531 / 1609 melody later "Ihr Christen, singet hocherfreut" You Christians, sing in great joy Christoph Moufang: from Paris 1623 German 1865 based on O filii et filiae "Lasst uns erfreuen" Let us rejoice anon. German 1623 "O Licht der wunderbaren Nacht" O light of the wonderful night Georg Thurmair: from Mainz, c. 1390 German 1963
Pages in category "20th-century hymns in German" ... Danke (song) Ein Danklied sei dem Herrn; Das Jahr steht auf der Höhe; Du rufst uns, Herr, an deinen Tisch; E.
National anthems of Germany and regional anthems of regions of Germany, including historical former anthems and hymns. Pages in category "German anthems" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
Christian hymns in German originally authored by Catholic hymnwriters, often part of Gotteslob, a commonly used hymnal for German-speaking congregations in many countries. Pages in category "Catholic hymns in German"