My heart should jump happily

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Merry, let my heart jump , first printed in 1653

My heart should jump happily is a Lutheran hymn for Christmas , which Paul Gerhardt probably composed towards the end of his first time in Berlin (1642 / 43–1651) or in Mittenwalde (from 1651). Johann Crüger first published it in 1653 with a melody composed by him in the 5th edition of his hymn book Praxis Pietatis Melica .

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Paul Gerhardt interprets the Christmas event of the Incarnation of God in the tradition of Lutheran orthodoxy as a wonderful exchange : The Son of God accepts sin, misery and death of man and gives him life, peace, "honor and jewelry" in return.

The structure follows the sermon scheme customary at the time: After the introduction, which with echoes from the angel's message in the Christmas story of Luke ( Lk 2,10-12  LUT ) leads in the 1st stanza to the topic, the birth of Christ, the Stanzas 2 to 4 the theological significance of God's incarnation, the justification of the sinner through the vicarious suffering of Christ, presented in direct reference to the believing, singing community. This is invited in the 5th stanza by Christ himself to accept the gift of grace. In the following stanzas, the poet invites you to get involved with the Christmas events. He introduces this section with the words of the shepherds Lk 2,15  LUT . The singer should understand and internalize the Christmas events. The song ends with a prayer in which the singer turns to Christ.

text

Gerhardt wrote 15 eight-line stanzas with an unusual and artistic meter.

The following twelve stanzas are in the Evangelical Hymnal (No. 36):

1. My heart should jump happily at
this time
when
all angels are singing to joy .
Hear, hear how
all the air
calls out loud with full choirs :
Christ is born!

2. Today the
hero of God goes out of his chamber and tears
the world
out of all misery.
God becomes human, you, human, benefit,
God's child,
that connects
with our blood.

3. Should God now be able to hate
us , who gives us
what he loves
beyond measure?
God gives to ward off our suffering,
his Son
from the throne of
his power and honor.

4. He takes on himself what
we have done on earth ,
gives himself up to become
our lamb,
our lamb who dies for us
and from God acquires grace and peace
for death
.

5. Now he is lying in his manger,
calling
me and you to himself ,
speaking with sweet lips:
“Let go, O dear brothers,
what torments you,
what you lack;
I'll bring everything back. ”

6. Come on and let's run,
adjust yourselves,
big and small,
hurry with big heaps!
Love him who burns with love;
look at the star that
likes to
grant you light and refreshment.

7. You who are in great sorrow,
see, here
is the door
to true joy;
take him well, he will lead you
to the place
where
no cross will move you.

8. Who feels complained in the heart,
who empfind't
his sin
and conscience pain,
and be strong: here is found
in Eil
maketh healing
the wounds vergift'ten.

9. You who are poor and miserable,
come here,
freely fill the
hands of your faith.
Here are all the good gifts
and the gold,
where you should
refresh your heart with them.

10. Sweet salvation, let me embrace you,
let me cling firmly to you,
my ornament
.
You are the life of my life;
now I
can
be satisfied with you .

11. I am pure for your sake:
You give enough
honor and jewelry
to wrap me in them.
I want to take you to
my heart, oh my fame!
Noble Blum,
let yourself be enjoyed.

12. I will keep you with diligence;
I want to
live for you here,
I want to go to you;
with you I finally want to float
full of joy
with no time
there in the other life.

Melodies

Johann Crüger wrote the melody EG 36 for his hymn book Praxis Pietatis Melica . She takes up the subject of jumping in melodic jumps and modulations and underlines "Christ is born" in the last line with a descending line. Crüger also composed a four-part movement, which he published in 1657 in Geistliche Lieder und Psalmen .

Crüger's melody, with a description of the modulations

In Freylinghausen's Geistreichem Gesangbuch (Hall 1704) there is a different melody for Happy should my hearts jump . Your composer is unknown. It is assigned to the text in the Swiss Reformed Hymnal (No. 400).

Alternatively, Paul Gerhardt's text was sung to a melody that Johann Georg Ebeling composed for Gerhardt's Why should I be grieving (EG 370, RG 678) and published in 1666 in Pauli Gerhardi Geistliche Andachten . The same melody is still assigned to the text in Schemelli's hymn book in 1736 . Johann Sebastian Bach used the last stanza of Gerhardt's text, “I want to preserve you with diligence”, in Part III of his Christmas Oratorio . There she deepens the previous aria “Close, my heart, this blessed miracle firmly in your faith”. Bach does not use Crüger's melody here either, but Ebeling's.

reception

The song is missing from the 1854 German Evangelical Church Hymn . Since the German Evangelical Hymn book of 1915, Crüger's melody has been part of the repertoire of Protestant church chant.

The Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Ökumenisches Liedgut (AÖL) classified the song as "ecumenical" without agreeing on a completely common version. In the Mennonite hymn book of 2004, an eleven strophic version was included under No. 255. It was not included in the Catholic hymn book Gotteslob (2013).

Translations

Danish translation “Hjerte, løft din glædes vinger…” in the Danish church hymn book Den Danske Salmebog , Copenhagen 2002, no. 114; also in the hymn book of the Danish folk high school movement Højskolesangbogen , 18th edition, Copenhagen 2006, No. 223 (after Paul Gerhardt, "Frölich [!] shall my heart jump", 1653. Translated by CJ Brandt, 1878, shortened [to 6 stanzas]) .

literature

  • Eberhard von Cranach-Sichart (Ed.): Paul Gerhardt. Seals and writings . P. Müller, Munich 1957, DNB 451490142 , pp. 13-17 ( online at Zeno.org .).
  • Johann Friedrich Bachmann (Hrsg.): Paulus Gerhardts spiritual songs: historical-critical edition. Oehmigke, Berlin 1866, pp. 138–140 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • Christian Brunners: 36 - I want my heart to jump happily . In: Gerhard Hahn , Jürgen Henkys (Hrsg.): Liederkunde zum Evangelisches Gesangbuch . No. 10 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-525-50333-4 , pp. 23–27 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

Commons : My heart should jump happily  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Christian Bunners : 36 - My heart should jump happily . In: Gerhard Hahn , Jürgen Henkys (Hrsg.): Liederkunde zum Evangelisches Gesangbuch . No. 10 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-525-50333-4 , pp. 23–27 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ^ A b Johann Crüger: Practice Pietatis Melica. That is: Exercising godliness in Christian and comforting chants. Editio V. Runge, Berlin 1653, p. 194 ff. ( Digitized version of the Bavarian State Library).
  3. ↑ a b c My heart should jump happily . The Christian song database. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  4. ↑ a b My heart should jump happily , sentence: Johann Crüger 1657/58 (PDF; 135 KB) johann-crueger.de. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  5. ↑ Ps 19,6  LUT
  6. ↑ DM Luther's as well as other godly and Christian people Spiritual songs and psalms: As they have been used so far in the Protestant churches of these countries. Anitzo also had a number of unreadable ones. Chants are added. Translated into 4th vocal and 3rd instrument parts by Johann Crügern. Runge, Berlin 1657, no. 22. Published in part books: Cantus ( digitized ), tenor ( digitized ).
  7. ↑ No. 24
  8. ↑ Johann Friedrich Bachmann (ed.): Paulus Gerhardts spiritual songs: historical-critical edition. Oehmigke, Berlin 1866, pp. 138–140 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  9. ↑ Georg Christian Schemelli: Musicalisches Gesang-Buch, in which 954 witty, both old and new songs and arias, with well-arranged melodies, in discant and bass, are located; Primarily dedicated to the Protestant communities in the monastery, Naumburg-Zeitz. Leipzig 1736, p. 127 f. ( Digitized version ).
  10. ↑ Luke Dahn: BWV 248.33
  11. ^ German Protestant church hymn book in 150 core songs. Cotta, Stuttgart / Augsburg 1854 ( digitized version ).
  12. ↑ No. 15, 11 stanzas
  13. ↑ Udo Grub: Evangelical traces in the Catholic standard hymn book "Gotteslob" from 1975 (= Aesthetics - Theology - Liturgy. Volume 55). LIT Verlag, Münster 2012, ISBN 978-3-643-11663-5 , pp. 173, 183-184 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  14. ↑ Cf. Otto Holzapfel : Lied index: The older German-language popular song tradition ( online version on the Volksmusikarchiv homepage of the Upper Bavaria district ; in PDF format; ongoing updates) with further information.