Auf einem Berg ein Bäumlein stand

Author: Christian G. Barth

Barth, Christian Gottlob, son of C. F. Barth, house painter in Stuttgart, was born at Stuttgart, July 31,1799. He studied at Tubingen, where he was the principal founder of the Missionary Society, and was only restrained by his mother's entreaties from offering himself as a missionary. He became, in 1821, assistant at Neckarweihingen and Dornham, and, in 1822, curate in charge of Effringen and Schönbrunn, near Nagold. In 1824 he was appointed pastor of Möttlingen, near Calw, but resigned his charge in 1838, and settled in Calw, receiving in the same year the degree of D.D. from the University.of Greifswald. He died at Calw of apoplexy, Nov. 12, 1862. At Calw he devoted himself as a writer and preacher to children, as a preacher and writer… Go to person page >

Notes

Auf einem Berg ein Baumlein stand. [Holy Scripture]. Included in his Lieder und Gedichte fur Christenkinder, Calw, 1842, p. 83, in 4 stanzas. Previously in J. Köbner's Christl. Harfentöne, Hamburg, 1840, p. 115. The translations are:—
(1) "Upon a hill there stands a tree," by Dr. H. Mills, 1845 (1856, p. 25), and thence in P. Stow's Ocean Melodies, Boston, U.S., 1849. (2) "A tree grows on a mountain," by Mrs. Bevan, 1859, p. 138. (3) "A tree stood on a mountain," in Dr. H. W. Dulcken's Golden Harp, 1864, p. 22. (4) " On a hill stands a beautiful tree," in W. B. Bradbury's Fresh Laurels, N. Y., 1867, p. 15, signed "L. W." (5) " Lo, on a mount a tree doth stand," by Mrs. H. K. Spaeth, as No. 60 in the Pennsylvania Lutheran Little Children's Book, Philadelphia, 1885.
[Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Tune

AUF EINEM BERG


[Auf einem Berg ein Bäumlein stand]


EVAN (Havergal)

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Instances

Instances (1 - 29 of 29)
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349 Lieder #222

Der Kinder Lust #d4

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Der Neue Kleine Psalter #123

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Frohe Lieder und Brüder-Harfe #283

Gesangbuch fuer Deutsche Sonntagsschulen #d14

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Glockenklänge #252

Harfen-Klaenge #d15

Kleine Missionsharfe im Kirchen- und Volkston festliche und ausserfestliche Kreise. l7th ed. #d10

Kleine Missionsharfe #ad10

Kleine Missionsharfe #116

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Lieder-Perlen #a42

Liederbuch für die Jugend #d4

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Liederbuch für Sonntagsschulen #160

Liederbuch für Sonntagsschulen #160

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Liederlust und Psalter #45

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Liederlust und Psalter mit Anhang #45

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Muntere Lieder #78

Psalterlust fuer die Christliche Jugend #d18

Psalterlust fuer die Christliche Jugend. Rev. #ad18

Schulharfe mit bezifferten Noten fuer Sonntags und Wochenschulen #d9

Sonntags-Schul-Harfe #d6

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Sonntags-Schul-Harfe #207

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Sonntagschulbuch für Evangelisch-Lutherische Gemeinden #123

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Sonntagschulbuch #165

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Sonntagsschul-Gesangbuch der Reformirten Kirche in den Vereinigten Staaten #240

Sonntagsschul-Gesangbuch der Reformirten Kirchen in den Vereinigten Staaten #d7

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Sonntagsschulharfe #67

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Unser Liederbuch #141

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