NUN DANKET

NUN DANKET

Composer: Johann Crüger (1647); Harmonizer: Felix Mendelssohn (1840)
Published in 99 hymnals


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Composer: Johann Crüger

Crüger, Johann, was born April 9, 1598, at Gross-Breese, near Guben, Brandenburg. After passing through the schools at Guben, Sorau and Breslau, the Jesuit College at Olmütz, and the Poets' school at Regensburg, he made a tour in Austria, and, in 1615, settled at Berlin. There, save for a short residence at the University of Wittenberg, in 1620, he employed himself as a private tutor till 1622. In 1622 he was appointed Cantor of St. Nicholas's Church at Berlin, and also one of the masters of the Greyfriars Gymnasium. He died at Berlin Feb. 23, 1662. Crüger wrote no hymns, although in some American hymnals he appears as "Johann Krüger, 1610,” as the author of the supposed original of C. Wesley's " Hearts of stone relent, relent " (q.v.… Go to person page >

Harmonizer: Felix Mendelssohn

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and generally known in English-speaking countries, as Felix Mendelssohn(3 February 1809 – 4 November 1847) was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. The grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn was born into a prominent Jewish family, although initially he was raised without religion and was later baptised as a Lutheran Christian. Mendelssohn was recognised early as a musical prodigy, but his parents were cautious and did not seek to capitalise on his talent. Early success in Germany, where he also revived interest in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, was followed by travel throughout Europe. Mendelssohn was particularly wel… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Composer: Johann Crüger (1647)
Harmonizer: Felix Mendelssohn (1840)
Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6
Incipit: 55566 55432 32155
Key: F Major or modal
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Texts

Now Thank We All Our God

Now thank we all our God
with heart and hands and voices,
who wondrous things has done,
in whom his world rejoices;
who from our mothers' arms
has blessed us on our way
with countless gifts of love,
and still is ours today.
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Notes

NUN DANKET, named for the incipit of Rinkart's text, has been associated with this text ever since they were published together by Johann Crüger (PHH 42) in his Praxis Pietatis Melica (1647). Like most modern hymnals, the Psalter Hymnal prints the isorhythmic (all equal rhythms) version. The tune was used by Johann S. Bach (PHH 7) in his cantatas 79 and 192 and by Felix Mendelssohn (PHH 279) in the Lobgesang movement of his Symphony No.2 (1840); the harmonization is based on the one in six voices by Mendelssohn in that work. There are also many organ compositions based on NUN DANKET.

A bar form (AAB), NUN DANKET is a splendid tune for majestic occasions of thanksgiving. Sing stanzas 1 and 2 in either unison or harmony, but sing the doxology in stanza 3 in unison, preferably with a descant. Observe a fermata at the ends of the first two systems. This tune needs a broad tempo.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook

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Media

Baptist Hymnal 1991 #638
Text: Now Thank We All Our God
Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #234
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
New Hymns of Hope #31
Text: I Am a Child of God
  • I Am a Child of God (PDF)
Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #454
Text: Now Thank We All Our God
Timeless Truths #310
Text: Now Thank We All Our God
The United Methodist Hymnal #102
Text: Now Thank We All Our God
Worship and Rejoice #14
Text: Now Thank We All Our God
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Instances

Instances (32)TextImageAudioScore
Revival Hymns and Choruses #27
Worship and Rejoice #14TextImageAudioScore
Songs for Life #33Text
Rejoice in the Lord #61Text
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #63Text
Trinity Hymnal #98Text
The United Methodist Hymnal #102TextImageAudioScore
Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition #182Text
Sing With Me #230Text
Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #234AudioScore
Voices United: The Hymn and Worship Book of The United Church of Canada #236Text
Celebrating Grace Hymnal #371Image
The Worshiping Church #374TextImage
Hymnal 1982: according to the use of the Episcopal Church #396TextImage
Hymnal 1982: according to the use of the Episcopal Church #397TextImage
Common Praise #399Text
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #404Text
The New Century Hymnal #419Image
Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #454TextImageAudioScore
Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #543Image
Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #545
Presbyterian Hymnal #555TextImage
Gather Comprehensive #565Text
Christian Worship: a Lutheran hymnal #610Text
Chalice Hymnal #715Text
Lutheran Service Book #794Text
Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition #813Text
Evangelical Lutheran Worship #839Image
Evangelical Lutheran Worship #840Image
Lutheran Service Book #895Text
Baptist Hymnal 1991 #638TextImageAudio
Baptist Hymnal 2008 #639TextImage
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