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HERR, DIR IST NIEMAND ZU VERGLEICHEN
Meter: 9.9.8.9.9.8.9.8.9.8 Appears in 18 hymnals Matching Instances: 18 Composer and/or Arranger: Justin H. Knecht, 1752-1817 Tune Key: A Major Incipit: 11131 43213 33234 Used With Text: Praise Ye the Lord
HERR, DIR IST NIEMAND ZU VERGLEICHEN
Herr! dir ist Niemand zu vergleichen
Author: J. A. Cramer Appears in 23 hymnals Matching Instances: 12 Used With Tune: [Herr! dir ist Niemand zu vergleichen]
Herr! dir ist Niemand zu vergleichen
Lord, who can be with Thee compared
Author: Harriet R. Spaeth; Johann A. Cramer Appears in 4 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 First Line: Lord, who can be with Thee compared? Topics: God Adoration and Praise Used With Tune: HERR, DIR IST NIEMAND
Lord, who can be with Thee compared
O Vater! Einer ist’s vor allen
Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 O Vater! Einer ist’s vor allen.
Auf Ihn blickst Du mit Wohlgefallen,
auf den geliebten, Eignen Sohn.
Wie in dem Schoß der Ewigkeiten,
so war Er’s in der Füll‘ der Zeiten,
als Gott und Mensch jetzt auf dem Thron.
In Ihm sind Deine Wesenheiten,
Dein Abdruck ist Er und Dein Bild,
der Abglanz Deiner Herrlichkeiten;
Er ist’s, der Dein Verlangen stillt.
2 Eh‘ diese Schöpfung noch geboren,
hast Du zum Opfer Ihn erkoren
als reines, makelloses Lamm.
Für uns ward er zur Sünd‘, zum Fluche,
für Dich zum lieblichen Geruche
am martervollen Kreuzesstamm.
Er hat vollendet Deinen Willen,
Dein göttlich großes Werk vollbracht;
Er kam, um alles zu erfüllen,
was deine Lieb‘ zuvor bedacht.
3 Zu Deiner Rechten hoch erhoben
der Sohn des Menschen, Vater, droben,
o wunderbarer Gottesrat!
Bald wird Er noch zu sich erheben
die Braut, um dort mit ihr zu leben,
die Er so teu‘r erkaufet hat.
Auch sie ist dann zu Deiner Ehre,
o Gott, zu Deiner Herrlichkeit,
damit sie Deinen Ruhm vermehre
von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit. Used With Tune: [O Vater! Einer ist’s vor allen]
O Vater! Einer ist’s vor allen
O Vater! Einer ist’s vor allen
Hymnal: Glaubenslieder #524 (2001) Lyrics: 1 O Vater! Einer ist’s vor allen.
Auf Ihn blickst Du mit Wohlgefallen,
auf den geliebten, Eignen Sohn.
Wie in dem Schoß der Ewigkeiten,
so war Er’s in der Füll‘ der Zeiten,
als Gott und Mensch jetzt auf dem Thron.
In Ihm sind Deine Wesenheiten,
Dein Abdruck ist Er und Dein Bild,
der Abglanz Deiner Herrlichkeiten;
Er ist’s, der Dein Verlangen stillt.
2 Eh‘ diese Schöpfung noch geboren,
hast Du zum Opfer Ihn erkoren
als reines, makelloses Lamm.
Für uns ward er zur Sünd‘, zum Fluche,
für Dich zum lieblichen Geruche
am martervollen Kreuzesstamm.
Er hat vollendet Deinen Willen,
Dein göttlich großes Werk vollbracht;
Er kam, um alles zu erfüllen,
was deine Lieb‘ zuvor bedacht.
3 Zu Deiner Rechten hoch erhoben
der Sohn des Menschen, Vater, droben,
o wunderbarer Gottesrat!
Bald wird Er noch zu sich erheben
die Braut, um dort mit ihr zu leben,
die Er so teu‘r erkaufet hat.
Auch sie ist dann zu Deiner Ehre,
o Gott, zu Deiner Herrlichkeit,
damit sie Deinen Ruhm vermehre
von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit. Languages: German Tune Title: [O Vater! Einer ist’s vor allen]
O Vater! Einer ist’s vor allen
Lord, Who Can Be With Thee Compared?
Author: Harriet R. Spaeth; Johann A. Cramer, 1723-1788 Hymnal: The Mennonite Hymnary, published by the Board of Publication of the General Conference of the Mennonite Church of North America #518 (1940) Tune Title: HERR, DIR IST NIEMAND ZU VERGLEICHEN
Lord, Who Can Be With Thee Compared?
Herr, Dir ist Niemand zu vergleichen
Author: Dr. Joh. Andr. Cramer Hymnal: Gesangbuch mit Noten #473 (1890) Languages: German Tune Title: [Herr, Dir ist Niemand zu vergleichen]
Herr, Dir ist Niemand zu vergleichen
Johann Andreas Cramer
1723 - 1788 Person Name: Johann Andreas Cramer, 1723-1788 Author of "Herr, Dir ist niemand zu vergleichen" in Glaubenslieder Cramer, Johann Andreas, born Jan. 27, 1723, at Jönstadt or Johann-Georgen-Stadt, in the Saxon Harz, where his father was pastor. After studying at the University of Leipzig, where he graduated M.A. in 1745, he was in 1748 appointed preacher at Crellwitz, near Lützen, and in 1750 Court Preacher and member of the Consistory at Quedlinburg. Four years later he became German Court Preacher to King Frederick V. of Denmark, at Copenhagen. There he obtained great fame as a preacher and teacher; and was appointed in 1765 Professor of Theology in the University. But after the accession of Charles VII., in 1766, the free-thinking party in the State gradually gained the ascendancy, and procured his removal; whereupon he was appointed, in 1771, Superintendent in Lubeck. When the orthodox party regained power in 1774, he was recalled to Denmark, as Vice-Chancellor, and First Professor of Theology in the University of Kiel, and in 1784 Chancellor. He died at Kiel on the night of June 11-12, 1788 (Koch, vi. 334-344; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, iv. 550-551; Bode, pp. 54-55—the last dating his birth, Jan. 29).
Cramer was rather a writer of religious lyrics than of hymns, though at least 80 of his compositions passed Into the hymn-books of his times. Those that have been translated into English are all included either in the Allgemeines Gesang-
Buch, Altona, 1780, which he edited for use in Schleswig-Holstein, or in his Sämmtliche Gedichtet Leipzig, 1782-3.
They are:—
i. Die ihr des Lebens edle Zeit. The duty of the Scholar. 1780, as above, No. 820, in 12 stanzas, repeated 1782, vol. ii. p. 319. Translated as, "O ye, who from your earliest youth," by Miss Winkworth, 1869, p. 321.
ii. Erheb, erheb, 0 meine Seele. Ps. civ. In his Poetische Uebersetzung der Psalmen, Leipzig, 1763, pt. iii., p. 65, in 16 stanzas. Included, 1780, as above, No. 124. The form translated is that in the Württemberg Gesang-Buch 1791, No. 36 (1842, No. 59), beginning with stanza ii. “Herr, dir ist niemand zu vergleichen." Tr. as, "Lord, none to Thee may be compared," by Miss Burlingham, in the British Herald, Jan. 1866, p. 200, repeated in Reid's Praise Book, 1872, No. 373.
iii. Erwachet, Harf’ und Psalter. Morning. Founded on Ps. cviii. First published in Zollikofer's Gesang-Buch, Leipzig, 1766, No. 71, in 6 stanzas. Repeated, 1780, as above, No. 2, and as No. 41 of the hymns appended to his Evangelische Nachahmungen der Psalmen Davids, Kopenhagen, 1769, p. 272. Translated by H. J. Buckoll, 1842, p. 59, as:—"Wake, harp and psaltery sounding."
iv. Schuf mich Gott für Augenblicke. Immortality of the Soul. 1780, as above, No. 136, in 12 St., repeated, 1782, vol. i. p. 181. Tr. (beginning with st. vi., "Geist! das ist mein hoher Name"), by Dr. H. Mills, 1845, as:—"Man were better nam'd a spirit."
v. Sterbend für das Heilder Sunder. Ascension. In the Bayreuth Gesang-Buch, 1779, No. 173, in 4 stanzas. Included, 1780, as above, No. 319, and 1782, vol. ii. p. 33. Translated by Dr. H. Mills, 1845, as:—"Dying a guilty world to save."
vi. Unerforschlich sei mir immer. God's Wisdom. First published in his Andachten in Betrachtungen, Gebeten und Liedern, &c, vol. ii., pt. ii., Schleswig and Leipzig, 1768, and thence in Rambach, v. 54. Included in 1769 (see No. iii.), p. 250, and 1780 as above, No. 78. Translated (1) in Sacred Poems by S. R. Maxwell, 1857, p. 126, as:— “Though inscrutable may ever"; (2) by Dr. G. Walker, 1860, p. 94, as:—" Inscrutable to me although."
[Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Johann Andreas Cramer
Justin Heinrich Knecht
1752 - 1817 Person Name: Justin H. Knecht, 1752-1817 Composer of "HERR, DIR IST NIEMAND ZU VERGLEICHEN" in The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 Justin Heinrich Knecht Germany 1752-1817. Born at Biberach Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, he attended a Lutheran college in Esslingen am Neckar from 1768-1771. Having learned the organ, keyboard, violin and oratory, he became a Lutheran preceptor (professor of literature) and music director in Biberach. It was a free imperial city until 1803 and had a rich cultural life. He became organist of St. Martin’s Church in 1792, used by both Lutherans and Catholics, and was there for many years. He led an energetic, busy musical life, composing for both the theatre and church, organizing subscription concerts, teaching music theory, acoustics, aesthetics, composition, and instruments at the Gymnasium, affiliated to the Musikschule in 1806. He went to Stuttgart in 1806 in hopes of a post there as Kapellmeister, serving two years as Konzertmeister, but he was appointed Direktor Beim Orchester by the King of Wurttemberg in 1807. However, he returned to his former life in 1808 and remained there the rest of his life. He died at Biberach. He wrote 10 vocals, 11 opera and stage works, one symphony, 3 chamber music instrumentals, 7 organ works, 4 piano works, and 6 music theories. He was an author composer, editor, contributor, musician, compiler, and lyricist.
John Perry
Justin Heinrich Knecht
Harriet Reynolds Krauth Spaeth
1845 - 1925 Person Name: Harriet R. Spaeth Translator of "Lord, who can be with Thee compared" in The Mennonite Hymnal Harriet Reynolds Krauth Spaeth [Harriet Krauth], 1845-1925
Born: September 21, 1845, Baltimore, Maryland.
Died: May 5, 1925, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Buried: Mount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Daughter of hymn translator Charles Krauth, Harriet attended the Girls’ School in Philadelphia, and lived independently as a writer. In 1880, she married Adolph Spaeth, pastor of St. Johannis Church in Philadelphia (and later president of the General Council of the Lutheran Church in America). She sang contralto, played the piano and organ, and for many years was the organist at St. Stephen’s Church in west Philadelphia. She provided hymn translations for The Church Book (1868), The Sunday School Hymnal (1901), and was responsible for the music edition of The Church Book (1872). Many of her essays were published in The Lutheran. When American Lutherans adopted the Common Service in 1888, she prepared an edition with notes for chanting the service. She worked zealously for the founding of the Krauth Memorial Library at the seminary in Philadelphia, and was active in the work of the Mary J. Drexel Home, the Lankenau Hospital, and the Lutheran Orphans’ Home in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Her works include:
The Deaconess and Her Works
Pictures from the Life of Hans Sachs
The Church Book with Music, 1893
Charles Porterfield Krauth: A Life (2 volumes, 1898 & 1909, with Adolph Spaeth, uncredited)
Life of Adolph Spaeth, 1916
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Harriet Reynolds Krauth Spaeth
