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[Come, you disconsolate, where'er you languish] (Fritsch)

[Come, you disconsolate, where'er you languish] (Fritsch)

Composer: Ahasuer Fritsch (adapt.)
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Composer: Ahasuer Fritsch

Born: De­cem­ber 16, 1629, Mücheln, Sax­o­ny. Died: Au­gust 24, 1701, Ru­dol­stadt, Ger­ma­ny. With help from the fam­ily of a young no­ble he tu­tored, Fritsch re­ceived a good ed­u­ca­tion, earn­ing his law de­gree from the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Jena in 1661. He lat­er be­came chan­cel­lor of the un­i­ver­si­ty and pres­i­dent of the Con­sis­to­ry of Ru­dol­stadt. He wrote on num­er­ous sub­jects, in­clud­ing an­ti­qui­ties, law, and re­li­gion, and col­lect­ed hymns. Hymns-- "Liebster Im­man­u­el, Herzog der Frommen" "Dearest Im­man­u­el, Prince of the Lowly" Music-- WAS FRAG' ICH NACH DER WELT --www.cyberhymnal.org/bio  Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Come, you disconsolate, where'er you languish] (Fritsch)
Composer: Ahasuer Fritsch (adapt.)
Meter: 11.10.11.10
Incipit: 12321 71765 43
Key: a minor or modal
Source: harm. Liederbuch der Christlichen Wissenschaft, 1924
Copyright: Music adapt. © 2017 The Christian Science Board of Directors

Texts

Come, Ye Disconsolate

Come, you disconsolate, where'er you languish;
come to the mercy seat, fervently kneel.
Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish;
earth has no sorrows that heaven cannot heal.

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