Sanft, o Christ, ist Jesu Joch

Author: Johann Andreas Cramer

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, Super… Go to person page >

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First Line: Sanft, o Christ, ist Jesu Joch
Author: Johann Andreas Cramer
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

GROSSER GOTT (11171)

Also known as: FRAMINGHAM GROSSNER GROSSER GOTT HALLE HUNGARIAN MELODY LAUDAMUS PARIS PASCHAL STILLORGAN GROSSER GOTT was set to the German versification in the Katholisches Gesangbuch (see above). Variants of the tune abound; the version found in the Psalter Hymnal came from Johann Schicht's Allg…

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JESUS, MEINE ZUVERSICHT (Crüger)

First published in Johann Crüger's Praxis Pietatis Melica (1653) without attribution, JESUS, MEINE ZUVERSICHT was credited to Crüger (PHH 42) in the 1668 edition of that hymnal. (The later isorhythmic RATISBON is related to this tune; see 34.) JESUS, MEINE ZUVERSICHT is named for its association w…

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Deutsches Gesangbuch für die Evangelisch-Luterische Kirche in den Vereinigten Staaten #466

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Deutsches Gesangbuch #466

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Evangelisches Gesangbuch mit vierstimmigen Melodien #391[475]

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Evangelisches Gesangbuch #305

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Evangelisches Gesangbuch #357

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Evangelisches Gesangbuch #357

Gesangbuch der Evangelischen Gemeinschaft für öffentlichen und häuslichen Gottesdienst #d698

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Gesangbuch der Evangelischen Gemeinschaft #452

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Neuestes Gemeinschaftliches Gesangbuch #297

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