Colors of Grace

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Colors of Grace is the hymn book of the Community of Evangelical Churches in Europe (CPCE). The hymnal was first published in 2006 and includes Christian songs, traditional hymns , New Sacred songs and modern hymns in a total of twenty languages. The hymn book was edited by Peter Bukowski , Thomas Flügge, Dorothea Monninger, Christine-Ruth Müller, Andreas Marti , Franz Karl Praßl and Ilsabe Seibt in cooperation with the International Working Group for Hymnology .

character

The number of translations available varies from song to song. Chants that are already widely used internationally in their original language have been taken over without translation. These include the classic liturgical chants such as Kyrie , Gloria and Hallelujah , but also English-language spirituals , Hebrew chants from Israel and songs from the Taizé community . This type of song is accompanied by a paraphrase in English, French and German for the three conference languages ​​of the CPCE; these paraphrases primarily serve to understand the content; as a rule they cannot be sung.

Multilingualism

In the hymn book Colors of Grace, the verses of the songs in the respective languages ​​were selected so that they correspond in terms of content. So they are provided with the same stanza numbers. It will be possible to sing songs in an international way in up to nine languages ​​simultaneously and together. Whenever possible, the text versions were taken from the currently officially valid hymn books of the respective languages. The twenty languages ​​used in the songs are:

  • Danish
  • German
  • English
  • Finnish
  • French
  • Greek
  • Hebrew
  • Italian
  • Catalan
  • Croatian
  • Latin
  • Dutch
  • Norwegian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Swedish
  • Slovenian
  • Spanish
  • Czech
  • Hungarian

When choosing the melody version or assignment, the respective degree of its dissemination in the churches of the Community of Evangelical Churches in Europe played an important role.

Other special features and performance practice

The original text of the original language is always highlighted first; Below that, if available, the conference languages ​​of the CPCE follow, followed by other languages ​​in alphabetical order. Many songs have classical polyphonic movements added to them, others have simple chord names for accompaniment with guitar or keyboard .

literature

  • Colors of Grace , edited by Peter Bukowski , Thomas Flügge, Dorothea Monninger, Christine-Ruth Müller, Andreas Marti, Franz Karl Prassl and Ilsabe Seibt, on behalf of the Executive Committee of the CPCE and in cooperation with the International Working Group for Hymnology (IAH) eV, Strube-Verlag Munich 2006, 395 pages, ISBN 3-89912-096-5

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