WIR PFLÜGEN

Composer: J. A. P. Schulz

Johann Abraham Peter Schulz Germany 1747-1800. Born at Luneburg, Germany, son of a baker, he attended St Michaelis school in Luneburg and studied organ, then the Johanneum from 1759-1764. In 1765 he was a student of composer, Johann Kimberger, and then taught in Berlin himself. In 1768 Kimberger recommended Schulz for the position of music teacher and accompanist to the Polish Princess Sapieha Woiwodin von Smolensk. Schulz moved to Berlin and traveled with her for three years performing throughout Europe, where he came in contact with many new musical ideas. He married Catharina Maria Gercken, and they had a daughter, Celle. He served as the conductor of the French Theatre in Berlin from 1776-1780. From 1786-1787 he was the Kapellme… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: WIR PFLÜGEN
Composer: J. A. P. Schulz (1800)
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D with refrain
Incipit: 51155 31543 21556
Notes: Refrain from the melody "Claudius"
Key: B♭ Major/G Major or modal
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

WIR PFLÜGEN (named after the incipit of Schulz’s original third stanza) was published anonymously in the Hanover collection Lieder für Volksschulen (1800). But it was credited to Johann A. P. Schulz in Lindner’s Berlin songbook Jungenfreund (1812). The harmonization by John B. Dykes (PHH 147) was first published in the 1861 edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern.

The tune is noted for its opening phrase, which encompasses a very wide range, but that doesn’t appear to discourage most congregations from singing it. Sing the stanzas in unison (note that lines 1 and 4 are unison) and the refrain in harmony. Change the organ registration before stanza 3 to highlight the change of focus in the text: as we sing stanzas 1 and 2, we address each other, but in stanza 3 we address God.

Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (b. Lunebirg, Germany, 1747; d. Schwedt and der Oder, Germany, 1800) had a distinguished career in music, though his father wanted him to become a pastor. At the age of fifteen Schulz traveled to Berlin by himself to seek out a good music teacher. He persevered in his musical training under the composer and theorist Johann Philipp Kirnberger. Appointed accompanist and music teacher to the Polish princess Sophia Woiwodin in 1768, Schulz traveled all through Europe and was exposed to many different kinds of music. After1775 he had a number of prestigious positions, including director of the Royal French Theater in Berlin (1776-1780), director of music for Prince Henry of Prussia (1780-1787), and the director of the Royal Danish Theater (1787-1795). Schulz composed operas, instrumental works, church music, and song settings in a folk-music style, often setting the poems of great literary figures to music.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • Hymn Tunes in Lower Keyes: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 309
  • Hymn Tunes in Lower Keys: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 309
  • 200 Last Verses: Completely Revised to Complement the Keys in Major Hymn Books
    Composer/Editor Noel Rawsthorne
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 196
  • The Really Big Descant Book - Full Music Edition: 250 Settings to Raise the Roof by the World's Finest Church Music Composers
    Composer/Editor John Columba McCann
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 245
  • Introductions and Alternate Accompaniments for Organ Volume 7: Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymns 640 - 704
    Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Mark Weiler; David Christiansen
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2007) pp. 681
  • Introductions and Alternate Accompaniments for Piano Volume 7: Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymns 640 - 704
    Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Mark Weiler; Timothy Shaw
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2007) pp. 681
  • Restrained Last Verses: Varied Accompaniments for Popular Hymns
    Composer/Editor Alan Viner
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2003) pp. 163
  • Last Verse Extravaganza for Organ: 200 Fabulous Arrangements
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2001) pp. 198
  • The Ultimate Finishing Touch: Last-verse Arrangements of Well-loved Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2000) pp. 150
  • After the Last Verse: 200 Hymn Improvisations
    Composer/Editor Malcolm Archer
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1995) pp. 196
  • Hymn Descants Set 4: With C and B flat Instrument Parts
    Composer/Editor Stanley Drummond Wolff
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1994) pp. 30
  • Hymns for Occasions: One Hundred Special Arrangements
    Composer/Editor Colin Mawby
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1994) pp. 100
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 42: General: Were - Z
    Composer/Editors Richard Hillert; Richard J. Wyble
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1986) pp. 35
  • Hymns Triumphant: A Symphonic Choral Suite Based on Forty-Two Traditional Hymns
    Composer/Editor Lee Holdridge
    Published By: Cherry Lane Music Company (1981) pp. 66
  • Free Hymn Accompaniments: 46 Tunes, 74 Hymns, Fully Indexed
    Composer/Editor Robert J. Powell
    Published By: Abingdon Press (1979) pp. 31
  • Hymn Tunes with Varied Harmonies Book 3: For Pianoforte or Organ
    Composer/Editor Joseph E. Newell
    Published By: Edwin Ashdown, Limited (London) (1920) pp. 1

Organ Solo

  • The Organist's Companion Volume 44 Number 6 September October 2022 General, All Saints, Reformation, Thanksgiving: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; Elizabeth A. Krouse
    Published By: Leupold Foundation (2022) pp. 27
  • Oxford Hymn Settings for Organists Volume 6 Autumn Festivals: 37 Original Pieces on hymns for World Communion, Reformation / The Church, Harvest, All Saints, All Souls, Remembrance, Christ the King, and Thanksgiving
    Composer/Editors Rebecca Groom Te Velde; David Blackwell; Malcolm Archer
    Published By: Oxford University Press (2016) pp. 137
  • Our Cheerful Songs: Hymn Preludes for Organ
    Composer/Editor Robert J. Powell
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2014) pp. 28
  • The Organist's Companion Volume 36 Number 6 September 2014: A Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; John G. Barr
    Published By: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. (2014) pp. 12
  • Easy Hymn Settings for Organ Volume 3
    Composer/Editor Ronald A. Nelson
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2013) pp. 48
  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 45 Number 1 September October 2010: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editor Gilbert M. Martin
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2010) pp. 24
  • 100 New Hymn Preludes
    Composer/Editor Richard Lloyd
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2008) pp. 295
  • The Complete Organist Volume 1: Accessible Service Music for the Church Year
    Composer/Editors James Southbridge; Joseph Prentiss; Dennis Elliott
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2005) pp. 102
  • 100 Hymn Preludes for Manuals
    Composer/Editor Norman Warren
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1996) pp. 136
  • Every Time I Feel the Spirit: Organ Pieces for the Christian Year
    Composer/Editor Dean B. McIntyre
    Published By: Abingdon Press (1996) pp. 30
  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 55 Number 6 August 1992: A Bi-monthly Anthology for the Church Organist
    Composer/Editors Dorothy Wells; Robert J. Hughes
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1992) pp. 32
  • The Organist Volume 96 Number 5 November 1992: A Bi-monthly Publication for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors James Mansfield; Joseph Prentiss
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1992) pp. 48
  • Emergency Organ Book Volume Three: For All Occasions
    Composer/Editors Dorothy Wells; Robert J. Hughes
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1989) pp. 72
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 42: General: Were - Z
    Composer/Editors Richard Hillert; Richard J. Wyble
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1986) pp. 34
  • Postludes Postludes Postludes: for Organ
    Composer/Editor Dorothy Wells
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1984) pp. 16
  • The Amateur Organist No. 91: a Collection of Organ Voluntaries for Church Use
    Composer/Editor Robert J. Hughes
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1983) pp. 56
  • The Organist Volume 87 Number 3 July 1983: A Bi-Monthly Publication for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors James Mansfield; Robert J. Hughes
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1983) pp. 56
  • Hymn Preludes for the Liturgical Year Volume XXII Harvest and Thanksgiving: For Organ in 24 Volumes Opus 100
    Composer/Editor Flor Peeters
    Published By: C. F. Peters Corporation (1969) pp. 19

Piano Solo

  • The Church Pianist's Library Volume 3
    Composer/Editor Paul Taylor
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2008) pp. 35
  • Creative Keyboard's Complete Church Pianist: Hymn Arrangements for Every Occasion
    Composer/Editor Gail Smith
    Published By: Creative Keyboard Publications (2000) pp. 200
  • The Church Pianist Volume 11 Number 1 September October 1994: The Pianist's Companion for the Church Year
    Composer/Editors Hugh S. Livingston, Jr.; Anna Laura Page
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1994) pp. 14
  • Sacred Hymn Solos for Piano
    Composer/Editor Chester Nordman
    Published By: Shattinger Publications, Inc. (1961) pp. 17

Piano and Organ Duet

  • Sunday Morning Organist Volume 8: Organ and Piano Hymn Duos
    Published By: Alfred Music Publishing Company, Inc. (2013) pp. 20
  • A Hymn Festival: Duets for Organ and Piano
    Composer/Editor Jerry van der Pol
    Published By: The H. W. Gray Company, Inc. (2003) pp. 14
  • Morning Has Broken: Organ and Piano Duets for Worship
    Composer/Editor Karrin Ford
    Published By: GlorySound (1987) pp. 3
  • Hymns Triumphant: A Symphonic Choral Suite Based on Forty-Two Traditional Hymns
    Composer/Editor Lee Holdridge
    Published By: Cherry Lane Music Company (1981) pp. 66

Piano Duet+: Piano Duet One Piano

  • Piano Duets for All Seasons: Arrangements for One Piano, Four Hands
    Composer/Editor Ethel Tench Rogers
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1985) pp. 40

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