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John Cosin (30 November 1594 – 15 ... Among his notable work was the translation of "Veni Creator Spiritus" included in the 1662 revision of the Book of ...
Veni Creator Spiritus (Latin: Come, Creator Spirit) is a traditional Christian hymn believed to have been written by Rabanus Maurus, a ninth-century German monk, teacher, archbishop, and saint. When the original Latin text is used, it is normally sung to a Gregorian Chant tune first known from Kempten Abbey around the year 1000.
Hymns in English include "Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire", a paraphrase of Veni Creator Spiritus by Bishop John Cosin, published in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer [4] [5] and used also for coronations of English royals, [6] and "Breathe on Me, Breath of God", written by Edwin Hatch in 1876. [7]
[13]: 110–111 A new version of the Veni Creator Spiritus introduced in the 1662 ordinal was produced by Cosin to replace that from 1550. [80] Modifications to the preface of the ordinal made in 1661 were made to distinguish Anglican ministry from those forms that had appeared under the Commonwealth.
" Komm, Schöpfer Geist, kehr bei uns ein" (Come, Creator Spirit, visit us) is a Christian hymn in German for Pentecost. The text is a paraphrase by Heinrich Bone of the Latin hymn Veni Creator Spiritus. It was first published in 1845. In the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob, it has the number GL 351.
Rabanus composed a number of hymns, the most famous of which is the Veni Creator Spiritus. This is a hymn to the Holy Spirit often sung at Pentecost and at ordinations. It is known in English through many translations, including Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire; Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest; and Creator Spirit, by whose aid. [5]
Coverdale’s first three hymns are based on the Latin Veni Creator Spiritus, preceding its other English translations such as that of 1625 by Bishop J. Cosin by more than ninety years. [ note 19 ] However, the majority of the hymns are based on the Protestant hymnbooks from Germany, particularly Johann Walter 's settings of Martin Luther 's ...
January 15 – John Cosin, English translator of "Veni Creator Spiritus" (born 1594) March 8 – Nicolaus Hasse, composer (born c. 1617) June 17 – Orazio Benevoli, composer (born 1605) July 13 – Henry Cooke, actor, singer and composer (born 1616) August 9 – José Ximénez, organist and composer (born 1601)