LOBET DEN HERREN (Crüger)

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LOBET DEN HERREN (Crüger)

Composer: Johann Crüger (1653)
Published in 35 hymnals

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Composer: Johann Crüger

Johann Crüger (b. Grossbriesen, near Guben, Prussia, Germany, 1598; d. Berlin, Germany, 1662) Crüger attended the Jesuit College at Olmutz and the Poets' School in Regensburg, and later studied theology at the University of Wittenberg. He moved to Berlin in 1615, where he published music for the rest of his life. In 1622 he became the Lutheran cantor at the St. Nicholas Church and a teacher for the Gray Cloister. He wrote music instruction manuals, the best known of which is Synopsis musica (1630), and tirelessly promoted congregational singing. With his tunes he often included elaborate accompaniment for various instruments. Crüger's hymn collection, Neues vollkomliches Gesangbuch (1640), was one of the first hymnals to include figure… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	LOBET DEN HERREN (Crüger)
Composer:	Johann Crüger (1653)
Meter:	11.11.11.5
Incipit:	51765 34554 35671
Key:	C Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

Lobet den Herren, alle die ihn ehren; Lasst uns mit Freuden seinem Namen singen

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Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

22 Hymn Introductions
Composer/Editor Kevin J. Sadowski
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1997) pp. 46
Thirty-Two Free Harmonizations of Familiar Hymns Volume II for Organ
Composer/Editor Peter Pindar Stearns
Published By: Harold Flammer, Inc. (1996) pp. 14
Hymn Preludes and Free Accompaniments 8
Composer/Editor Donald Busarow
Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1978) pp. LL

Organ Solo

The Master Organ Works of Jan Bender Volume 2: Chorale Preludes for Organ (A - L)
Composer/Editors Jan Bender; David Fienen
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2005) pp. 74
Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness: Organ Music for Communion and General Use
Composer/Editor David N. Johnson
Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1968) pp. 44-46
Thirty-Five Interludes on Hymn Tunes
Composer/Editor Joseph W. Clokey
Published By: J. Fischer & Brothers (1958) pp. 14