A branch so fair has blossomed

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A branch so fair has blossomed

Translator: F. W. Herzberger
Tune: ES IST EIN ROS (5556553)
Published in 6 hymnals

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Translator: F. W. Herzberger

Born: October 23, 1859, Baltimore, Maryland. Died: August 26, 1930, St. Louis, Missouri. Educated at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, Herzberger pastored in Carson, Kansas; Chicago, Illinois; and Hammond, Indiana. He was also a pioneer missionary in Arkansas, became the first city missionary (in St. Louis) of the Lutheran Missouri Synod in 1899, and worked for many missionary and charitable causes. His works include: The Family Altar --www.hymntime.com/tch Go to person page >

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Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	A branch so fair has blossomed
German Title:	Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen
Translator:	F. W. Herzberger
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

ES IST EIN ROS (5556553)

First published with the text in the Cologne Gesangbuch of 1599 (see above), ES IST EIN ROS is a rounded bar form tune (AABA). The tune has characteristics of a Renaissance madrigal; it invites performance by an unaccompanied choir so that all the fine part writing and subtle rhythms can be clearly…

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