Freude an der Schöpfung

O du schönes Weltgebäude, das der Herr mit Glanz und Pracht

Author: Karl Johann Philipp Spitta
Published in 5 hymnals

Author: Karl Johann Philipp Spitta

Spitta, Carl Johann Philipp, D.D., was born Aug. 1, 1801, at Hannover, where his father, Lebrecht Wilhelm Gottfried Spitta, was then living, as bookkeeper and teacher of the French language. In his eleventh year Spitta fell into a severe illness, which lasted for four years, and so threw him back that his mother (the father died in 1805) abandoned the idea of a professional career, and apprenticed him to a watchmaker. This occupation did not prove at all congenial to him, but he would not confess his dislike, and his family were ignorant of it till an old friend, who was trying to comfort him after the death of a younger brother, discovered his true feelings. The younger brother had been preparing for ordination, and so Carl was now invited… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O du schönes Weltgebäude, das der Herr mit Glanz und Pracht
Title: Freude an der Schöpfung
Author: Karl Johann Philipp Spitta
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

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O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE (Thommen)

Originally a folk song ("Sollen nun die grünen Jahre") dating from around 1700, O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE was used as a hymn tune in the Catholic hymnal Bambergisches Gesangbuch (1732). The tune name is the incipit of the text to which it was set in Johann Thommen's Erbaulicher Musicalischer Christen…

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Die Glaubensharfe (With Melodies) #54

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Die Glaubensharfe #54

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Frohe Lieder und Brüder-Harfe #190

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Psalter und Harfe #6

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