Earth, sing

Erde, singe - Text version in writings and speeches by Johannes Cardinal von Geissel , Cologne 1869

Quiet swiftly with the melody adopted for Erde, Singe in the second edition of the daughter Sion , Cologne 1755

Earth, sing is a Catholic hymn . The four stanzas contained in God's Praise (No. 411) come from a ten-stanza Christmas carol that Johannes Geissel wrote in 1837. In the version used today, the reference to the birth of Jesus is no longer explicitly included. Earth is only regional , singing is reserved for the Christmas season.

Template and form

In the print version of 1869, the song is used as a “replica and extension of the song:" Quiet, speedy, - Quiet your winds, - Do not disturb the child's peace and quiet. s. w. «from the» Daughter of Sion «. With Daughter of Zion , the church and house hymnal is meant Heinrich Lindenborn published in Cologne 1741st The melody of the song Quiet swift is there ^?^/^I added, after the earth, sing is sung to this day. It bears the heading “The shepherds sing to the sleeping savior”, so it is a lullaby or pastoral and is accordingly kept in three-beat .

The original, short-lined stanza form is:

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x – x – x – x (B)
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x– x – x – x– (D)
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x – x – x – x (E)
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Geissel only uses echoes from the eight-verse original for his ten-verse text. In this wind, snow and rain are asked to lie down and not disturb the sleep of the newborn Son of God. Since the Creator himself became man in the child (verse 4), the elements must serve him. By doing this and falling silent, they praise him at the same time (Str. 7 and 8).

This motif of praise for all of creation made Geissel the main theme from the beginning. Instead of silence, the creatures are asked to sing, resound and cheer about the miracle of God's incarnation . At the same time, however, five of the ten stanzas (4, 5, 6, 8 and 9) end with the prospect of Golgotha . Of these, only stanza 9 is part of the four-stanza praise to God (as 3rd stanza); At the same time, this stanza is the only one of the four which, with the lines "To save us all, he himself wore our chains", indicates the Christmas mystery, provided that the chains mean human life under the conditions of sin and death. The other three stanzas (1, 7 and 10 of the original) formulate the general invitation to all that is to praise the Creator. Accordingly, the song in the praise of God is classified under praise, thanks and adoration and is sung in many places, especially on Thanksgiving .

Text in use today

1. earth, sing, that it sounded, loud and strong is your song of joy! Heaven everyone, sing along with joy to the sound of this song! Sing praises to your master! Praise him loudly, you heavenly spirits! What he created, what he built, praise him aloud!	3. Nations that dwell there on the wide earth, let praise ring out, because with all he made the covenant of salvation. In order to save us all , he himself wore our chains, and through death the celestial path preceded us.
2. Creatures in the hallways, pay homage to him with cheers! You in the sea, praise the honor of him who made you out of nothing! What is and lives on earth, what is in the air, praise him! He alone breathes life into it .	4. Shout and sing so that it sounds, loud a general song! Beings all, sing along to the sound of this song cheering! Sing a song of thanks to your master, praise him loudly, you heavenly spirits. What he created, what he built, praise him aloud!

melody

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Individual evidence

↑ It was not included in the main part of God's praise (1975) , but was in different versions in most diocesan parts .
↑ Information in the Gesammelte Schriften (Cologne 1869) (of all hymns and poems): "Gedicht in der Jahre 1835, 1836 und 1837". Individual changed and added Geissel - ennobled in 1839, died in 1864 as Archbishop of Cologne - even after his elevation to Bishop of Speyer in 1837.
↑ Only a few suspicious and murderous melisms have been deleted .

↑ ^a ^b Still speed , melody with figured bass and full text (1755)

↑ x = increase , - = decrease; Letters = rhyme

[1] It was not included in the main part of God's praise (1975) , but was in different versions in most diocesan parts .

[2] Information in the Gesammelte Schriften (Cologne 1869) (of all hymns and poems): "Gedicht in der Jahre 1835, 1836 und 1837". Individual changed and added Geissel - ennobled in 1839, died in 1864 as Archbishop of Cologne - even after his elevation to Bishop of Speyer in 1837.

[3] Only a few suspicious and murderous melisms have been deleted .

[still-4] Still speed , melody with figured bass and full text (1755)

[5] x = increase , - = decrease; Letters = rhyme