Werde munter, mein Gemüte
"Werde munter, mein Gemüte" (Var gglad, mitt sinne) är en Luthersk aftonhymn skriven av Johannes Rist med tolv 8-radiga verser, tryckt 1642. Den översattes till engelska och fanns i 67 hymnals.
Historia
Först publicerad som "Dritte Zehen" i Rist's Himlische Lieder (Himmelska sånger) i Lüneburg 1642. Den hade undertiteln "A Christian evening hymn, with which to commit oneself to the protection of the Most High". Johann Crüger tog med den i sin 1656 års utgåva av Praxis pietatis melica.[1]
Melody and musical settings
The hymn tune, Zahn No. 6551,[2] is by Johann Schop,[3] who often collaborated with Rist.[4] Georg Philipp Telemann composed a cantata Werde munter, mein Gemüte, TWV 1:1576, for choir, strings and continuo before 1760. Johann Sebastian Bach used the hymn's sixth stanza, "Bin ich gleich von dir gewichen", in his cantata Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht, BWV 55, and in his St Matthew Passion.[4] Max Reger composed a chorale prelude as No. 48 of his 52 Chorale Preludes, Op. 67 in 1902, and Sigfrid Karg-Elert wrote an improvisation as part of his 66 Chorale improvisations for organ, Op. 65.[4]
The same hymn melody was assigned to the song "Jesu, meiner Seelen Wonne" written by Martin Janus (or Jahn).[4] Bach used it in the Leipzig version of his cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147.[5] It became famous as the arrangement Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring.[5]
The tune for "Werde munter" was also paired with "Like the Golden Sun Ascending," which was translated from selected stanzas of Thomas Kingo's 1689 "Som den gyldne Sol frembryder."[6]
Translations
Translations to English were made by J. C. Jacobi, who published "Rouse thy self my Soul and gather" in his Psalmodia Germanica in 1722, and by Catherine Winkworth, who published "Sink not yet, my soul, to slumber" in 1858 in her Lyra Germanica.[1] The song appeared in 67 hymnals.[1]
References
External links
Mall:Hymn tunes by Zahn number Mall:German Lutheran hymns Mall:English-language Lutheran hymns Mall:Authority control
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Referensfel: Ogiltig
<ref>-tagg; ingen text har angivits för referensen med namnetHymnary - ↑ Referensfel: Ogiltig
<ref>-tagg; ingen text har angivits för referensen med namnetZahn - ↑ Referensfel: Ogiltig
<ref>-tagg; ingen text har angivits för referensen med namnettext - ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 Referensfel: Ogiltig
<ref>-tagg; ingen text har angivits för referensen med namnetmelody - ↑ 5,0 5,1 Referensfel: Ogiltig
<ref>-tagg; ingen text har angivits för referensen med namnetDürr - ↑ See "Like the Golden Sun Ascending"