DIR DIR JEHOVAH

Composer: C. A. Roberts

(no biographical information available about C. A. Roberts.) Go to person page >

Adapter: Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen

Freylinghausen, Johann Anastasius, son of Dietrich Freylinghausen, merchant and burgomaster at Gandersheim, Brunswick, was born at Gandersheim, Dec. 2, 1670. He entered the University of Jena at Easter, 1689. Attracted by the preaching of A. H. Francke and J. J. Breithaupt, he removed to Erfurt in 1691, and at Easter, 1692, followed them to Halle. About the end of 1693 he returned to Gandersheim, and employed himself as a private tutor. In 1695 he went to Glaucha as assistant to Francke; and when Francke became pastor of St. Ulrich's, in Halle,1715, Freylinghausen became his colleague, and in the same year married his only daughter. In 1723 he became also sub-director of the Paedagogium and the Orphanage; and after Francke's death in 1727,… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: DIR DIR JEHOVAH
Adapter: Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen
Composer: C. A. Roberts
Meter: 9.10.9.10.10.10
Incipit: 51566 54321 23456
Key: B♭ Major
Source: Hamburg 1690;Musikalisches Handbuch, Hamburg, 1690;Based on Dir Dir Jehovah;J. A. Freylinghausen's Gesangbuch, Halle, 1704 (melody)
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

DIR, DIR, JEHOVA was published anonymously in Georg Wittwe's Musikalisches Handbuch der Geistlichen Melodien (1690). The bar form (AAB) melody was expanded in Johann A. Freylinghausen's Geistreiches Gesangbuch (1704), where it was set to a hymn by Bärtholomaus Crasselius, "Dir, dir, Jehovah, vill ich singen" ("To thee, Jehovah, will I sing"); it maintains basically that shape in the Psalter Hymnal. Dale Grotenhuis (PHH 4) composed the harmonization. WINCHESTER NEW (593) is a long-meter adaptation of the same tune; that tune's familiarity may help in learning this more rhythmically varied one. Though the entire piece could be sung in harmony, try this alternative: sing the stanzas in unison and the refrain in harmony–then choral harmony should indicate the "end of strife"!

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1987

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • Easy Hymn Introductions and Accompaniments
    Composer/Editor Karen Keene
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2002) pp. 18, 20-21
  • Easy Hymn Accompaniments for Organ or Piano: Set I
    Composer/Editor Edward H. Myer
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1992) pp. 10
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 23: General: Die helle - Eben
    Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Carl Flentge Schalk
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1983) pp. 15
  • Twenty-One Hymn Introductions Volume IV: Opus 56
    Composer/Editor Jan Bender
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1980) pp. 6
  • Free Hymn Accompaniments for Manuals: Book I
    Composer/Editor David N. Johnson
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1966) pp. 18
  • New Organ Settings for Hymns and Chorales Set I: Opus 22
    Composer/Editor Jan Bender
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1963) pp. 13

Organ Solo

  • Praise and Thanks for Organ II: Orgelmusik Zu Lob Und Dank II
    Composer/Editors Andreas Rockstroh; Emil Weidenhagen
    Published By: Bärenreiter-Verlag Karl Vötterle GmbH & Co. KG, Kassel, Germany (2013) pp. 4
  • The Master Organ Works of Jan Bender Volume 1: Chorale Preludes for Organ or Piano
    Composer/Editors Jan Bender; David Fienen
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2005) pp. 12
  • Easy Hymn Preludes for Organ Volume 1: Musica Sacra
    Composer/Editor Carl Flentge Schalk
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2002) pp. 12
  • Album of Choral Preludes from Olden and Modern Times for Organ: Complete - A Kalmus Classic Edition
    Composer/Editor August Reinhard
    Published By: Warner Brothers Publications, Inc. (1998) pp. 1
  • Album of Choral Preludes from Olden and Modern Times for Organ: Complete - A Kalmus Classic Edition K 02044
    Composer/Editor August Reinhard
    Published By: Warner Brothers Publications, Inc. (1998) pp. 1
  • Album of Chorale Preludes from Classical to Modern Times: Volume 1: C Major to F Major (Nos. 1-130)
    Composer/Editor August Reinhard
    Published By: The Well-Tempered Press (1998) pp. 4
  • The Church Organist's Library Volume 2 Music for General Use: Easy Organ Music from all Historical Periods for Manuals Only and for Manuals and Pedal
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; August Reinhard
    Published By: Belwin-Mills Publishing Corporation (1985) pp. 30
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 23: General: Die helle - Eben
    Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Carl Flentge Schalk
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1983) pp. 14
  • The Organist's Companion Volume 1 Number 6 October 1979 General, All Saints, Reformation, Thanksgiving: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; August Reinhard
    Published By: McAfee Music Corporation (1979) pp. 20
  • Nine Chorale Preludes
    Composer/Editor Jean Pasquet
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1969) pp. 16
  • Choral Vorfpiele Fur Orgel Op. 67 Notebook 1: Zweiundfunfzig leicht ausfuhrbare Vorspiele zu den gebrauchlichsten evangelischen Choralen
    Composer/Editor Max Reger
    Published By: Bote & Bock (1931) pp. 12
  • Choral-Improvisations for Organ Op. 65 Volume 3: For New Year, Easter and other Church Festivals
    Composer/Editor Sigfrid Karg-Elert
    Published By: Edward B. Marks Music Company pp. 8

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #824
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #3355
Text: Jehovah, Let Me Now Adore Thee
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #15176
Text: Lift Up The Banner Of Salvation
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #203
Text: The Day Is Coming - God Has Promised
  • Full Score (PDF, XML)
  • Bulletin Score (melody only) (PDF)

Instances

Instances (1 - 18 of 18)

¡Cantad al Señor! #57

ScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #824

TextPage Scan

Christian Worship (1993) #189

Christian Worship #671

Glaubenslieder #151

Glaubenslieder #236

Glaubenslieder #289

Hymns for Worship #118

Lutheran Worship #315

Text

Lutheran Worship #446

Text InfoTune InfoScoreAudio

Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #203

Rejoice in the Lord #420

Audio

Small Church Music #2904

Audio

Small Church Music #2991

Śpiewnik Ewangelicki #541

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #3355

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #15176

The Hymnal 1982 #540

Include 48 pre-1979 instances
Suggestions or corrections? Contact us