Ah, dearest Jesus, holy Child

Ah, dearest Jesus, holy Child

Author: Catherine Winkworth
Tune: VOM HIMMEL HOCH
Published in 9 hymnals

Piano/Organ

Music for a Celebration, Set 4

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Choral

From Heaven Above to Earth I Come - (Cho…

Author: Catherine Winkworth

Catherine Winkworth is "the most gifted translator of any foreign sacred lyrics into our tongue, after Dr. Neale and John Wesley; and in practical services rendered, taking quality with quantity, the first of those who have laboured upon German hymns. Our knowledge of them is due to her more largely than to any or all other translators; and by her two series of Lyra Germanica, her Chorale Book, and her Christian Singers of Germany, she has laid all English-speaking Christians under lasting obligation." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872… Go to person page >

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First Line: Ah, dearest Jesus, holy Child
Author: Catherine Winkworth
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Tune

VOM HIMMEL HOCH

Initially Luther used the folk melody associated with his first stanza as the tune for this hymn. Later he composed this new tune for his text. VOM HIMMEL HOCH was first published in Valentin Schumann's Geistliche Lieder in 1539. Johann S. Bach (PHH 7) used Luther's melody in three places in his wel…

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Instances (9)TextImageAudioScore
At Worship, a hymnal for young churchmen #d6
Hymnal for Christian Worship #d5
Hymnal for Juniors in Worship and Study #d2
Songs and Hymns for Primary Children #d2
The Hymnal: Published by Authority of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. #d6
The Hymnbook #173
The Service Hymnal, compiled for the General Use in All Religious Services ... #d10
The Worshipbook, Services and Hymns #d4
Worship and Hymns for All Occasions #d2
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