Old Catholic ecclesiastical chants at the most important festivals

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Speyer hymn book:
A rose has sprung out

Old Catholic ecclesiastical church singing at the most important festivals , subtitle: “ Also in processions, parades and church celebrations: Bey der H. Mass, sermon, in Heusern, and to be used in the field, very useful; sampt a catechismo . Except Beuelch Deß Hochwuerdigen Fuersten vnd Herr, Herr Eberhardten Bischouen zu Speir , vnnd Probsten zu Weissenburg etc. In this order ”, today also referred to as The Speyerer Gesangbuch from 1599 , was printed in 1599 by Arnoldt Quentell in Cologne .

description

It is the oldest Palatinate hymn book . The 490-page work contains 159 chants and 138 melodies, including the hymn “ Es ist ein Ros sprung ” , which was first published here . While it was previously assumed that the Speyer Auxiliary Bishop Heinrich Fabricius, who died in 1595, compiled the book, new research indicates the Speyer Jesuits. In the commemorative publication of the Speyer diocesan library "Habent sua fata libelli: Facets of a library history 1815–2015" , its director Herbert Pohl proves that the book is an extension of the Konstanz hymnbook from 1594, which was edited by the Jesuits , and how it is shaped by Jesuits. He suspects the principal author of the Speyer Jesuit College , Father Wilhelm Wolff von Metternich zur Gracht (1563–1636), who with his brother, the Speyer canon Adolph Wolff von Metternich zur Gracht (1553–1619), was one of the main actors in the Tridentine renewal in the Diocese of Speyer counts. The expenditure took place in 1599, the printing in Cologne, where the Jesuits of Speyer had good connections.

Stylistically, the content of the songs ranges from Gregorian chant to Latin and German hymns to a German catechism set to music . Popular secular melodies of the time were also used as the basis for hymns. The hymn book, one of the most extensive of its time, had twelve editions by 1631 with a total of an estimated 10-12,000 copies. Five of the subsequent editions contained appendices with additional songs. The hymnbook was also distributed in the neighboring dioceses of Mainz and Trier and in Cologne . The Konstanz hymn book from 1600 was based heavily on his conception. It also influenced the "Catholisch Gesangbuch" published in Graz in 1602 . In 1609 the Paderborn hymn book took over the title, some songs and most of the Speyer catechism chants.

Compared to the hymn books that were published at the same time, the book is distinguished by the fact that it dispenses with any anti- Protestant polemics. Even Martin Luther Vom Himmel hoch is included here.

On the basis of a copy kept in the diocesan library of Münster , a facsimile edition was produced in Graz , which was presented on November 28, 2003 in the crypt of the Speyer imperial cathedral . The copies are out of print.

A second copy is kept in the Speyer Diocesan Library.

CD: The Speyer hymn book from 1599

On September 30, 2005, a CD with settings from the hymn book was released under the title Das Speyerer Gesangbuch von 1599 . The songs were performed by the male choir Schola Cantorum Saliensis (“Sängerschule der Salier”), a vocal ensemble for music from the Middle Ages at Speyer Cathedral, the women's schola Musica InSpira and the solo singer Monika Keggenhoff . The project was led by the cathedral cantor and organist Christoph Keggenhoff. Klaus Faika from the Organum label acted as sound engineer.

  • Come here, the Savior of the Gentiles;
  • Christ we should already praise;
  • Wol up now let us sing all;
  • Haec this;
  • A rose has sprung up;
  • Nunc dimittis;
  • The King's Fenlein come forth;
  • Pueri Hebraeorum;
  • Victimae paschali
  • Lauds;
  • Salve festa dies;
  • Veni creator Spiritus;
  • Now we ask the Holy Spirit;
  • The works of mercy;
  • O sacrum convivium;
  • My soul makes the Lord great;
  • Hail the Queen of Mercy ;
  • We are to thank God;
  • Regina Coeli

literature

  • Herbert Pohl: The fathers of the Speyer hymn book from 1599 , in: Habent sua fata libelli: Facets of a library history 1815–2015 , Diözesanbibliothek Speyer , 2015, pp. 173–190

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Original spelling "MD XCIX"
  2. ↑ Website on the Speyer hymn book from 1599 ( Memento from January 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ http://www.schola-speyer.de/german/projekt_1599.html