Hymn (hymn book)

Hymn: title page of the text edition (2nd edition, 1938)

The template: West facade of Altenberg Cathedral , on the right “ Haus Altenberg ”, the former training center of the Catholic Young Men’s Association

Hymn was a 1938 first published Roman Catholic hymnal. It was a collection of 140 older and new hymns from different epochs and was of great importance for the creation and dissemination of a uniform set of songs in German-speaking Catholicism in the 20th century.

Contemporary history background

In the spread of the liturgical movement in Germany in the first half of the 20th century, the Catholic youth associations - above all Quickborn , Bund Neudeutschland (ND) and Catholic Young Men Association (KJMV) under the leadership of Federal President Prelate Ludwig Wolker  - played a major role. The focus was on the active participation ( Participatio actuosa ) of the whole community in the liturgy . An important instrument for this was the use of the vernacular for congregational elements of the celebration of mass in addition to and parallel to the Latin of the priestly liturgy, for example in the communal mass . Lay missals such as the “Schott” ( “Volks-Schott” ), the “Volksmessbuch” by Urbanus Bomm and the book Church Prayer published by Ludwig Wolker in 1930 , which had a circulation of 9,242,000 copies, spread the new forms of liturgy throughout Germany and beyond.

The youth music movement that emerged with the youth movement brought forth new songs, also for church and church services. The youth center in Düsseldorf , the head office of the Catholic Young Men Association, published Das Singeschiff (later called The Yellow Singeschiff ) in 1928 as songbooks for the Catholic Young Men Association and the Sturmschar , and in 1934 as a continuation - and edited by Adolf Lohmann and Georg Thurmair - Das Singeschiff. Songs of Catholic youth 2nd part: The gray Singeschiff . The consequent continuation was 1938 hymn with exclusively spiritual hymns.

From 1934 onwards, the Catholic youth organizations had to accept increasing restrictions on their external activities from the Nazi regime . From July 23, 1935, police ordinances prohibited them from practicing any activity except purely religious , initially in Prussia and then throughout the entire Reich . Locally there was a loss of membership in the youth associations, but overall the inner conviction of the young people who continued to participate grew.

It turned out to be necessary to find new organizational forms of youth work. The emphasis was on religious celebrations, rallies, light processions and pilgrimages . The annual Confession Sunday on Christ the King's Feast , and from 1936 also “Faith celebrations” on Trinity Sunday , were given a completely new status. They often took place on a supra-local level and were aimed at all Catholic youth in the parishes. In Cologne Cathedral alone, 30,000 young people met at 5 a.m. for the Christmas festival in October 1934.

It turned out that barely a dozen songs by melody and text were known everywhere in Germany, and there was a great need for uniform old and new songs. Ludwig Wolker picked up on this and started work on a new collection of songs in the Düsseldorf Youth Center.

History of origin

editor

The song book was edited by Josef Diewald , Adolf Lohmann and Georg Thurmair and was published in 1938, initially by Verlag Jugendhaus Düsseldorf with the subtitle “A selection of sacred songs for the youth”. From the fourth edition onwards, the subtitle was, because of the great success of the work beyond the field of church youth work, “A selection of sacred songs”, and the hymn was published by Christophorus-Verlag in Freiburg and Berlin, then a subsidiary of the Catholic Herder-Verlag .

The publishing house Jugendhaus Düsseldorf was affiliated with the Jugendhaus Düsseldorf. He published magazines and song books for Catholic youth work, was observed by the Secret State Police with the youth center from 1935 and was temporarily closed. Therefore, as a precaution, the Christophorus-Verlag was founded in 1935. When the youth center was finally closed on February 6, 1939, the publisher's publications were also confiscated. After its closure, leading forces at the youth center went to Christophorus-Verlag as freelancers, such as Georg Thurmair and Adolf Lohmann, and from April 15, 1939, Josef Diewald became the publishing director at Christophorus-Verlag.

Adolf Lohmann, teacher in Düsseldorf and Goch , was a representative of the youth music movement and stood for the musical part of church hymns , also as a composer of several songs and numerous musical settings. Georg Thurmair, poet and writer, worked in the textual area and is equipped with 10 sealed by him songs in the hymn represented. Josef Diewald finally took care of the organizational area. In addition to the editors and Ludwig Wolker, Johannes Maaßen, Alfons Brands and Johannes Dischinger, among others, took part in 55 editorial meetings. The graphic design comes from Alfred Riedel , the "type artist" of the Jugendhaus Düsseldorf publishing house and then the Christophorus publishing house.

Even if the initiative for the hymn came from the youth center in Düsseldorf and Prelate Wolker and the book had ecclesiastical printing permission, hymn was not published on the official order of the German bishops and not in an "official church" but privately.

Working method

The working group around the editors of hymn viewed numerous collections of songs and agreed on a contemporary selection. "Urlieder" with the rank of "ancient and sublime" from the 16th century or even earlier had a high priority, while songs of the 18th and 19th centuries were considered to be strongly "deviated from the original form" and because of their "superficial attitude" because they "could serve any humanitarian direction with minor changes" were rejected. They had high standards and at the same time self-confidence: “We are very poor in really good new songs,” said Josef Diewald. “The cyclical song, such as the products of a certain hurray Catholicism or some sheet music 'confectioners', can probably be considered to have been overcome. A small series of songs from the work of young authors has been included in the 'hymn'. The attempts with these songs in long singing lessons give us hope that they will soon prevail across the empire. ”The“ young authors ”are people like Georg Thurmair and Adolf Lohmann. In their work, the editors wanted to “build bridges from folk song to Gregorian chant, to German hymn, from youth music to church music.” All too soft, sentimental songs, as seen as pronounced in the romantic and neo-romantic songs of the 19th century, was not adopted. Lyrically, the emphasis on a sense of togetherness was preferred to a subjective, individual piety.

The oldest version of a song was considered to be of the best quality and was sought to be determined by studying old hymn books and hymn research, even if this may not always have been successful in individual cases. It should be emphasized that the hymn always gave the source for text and melody (“poetry” and “wise”), which was otherwise not customary in the Catholic diocesan hymns before the Second World War.

Editions and editions

The sheet music edition (linen cover, 1957)

From the hymn there were text output (80 p, 83 p later) and music editions (182 pages, 176 pages later). In 1938, three editions of the text edition appeared in the publishing house Jugendhaus Düsseldorf, beginning in May, then there were continuously at least 20 further editions in the Christophorus-Verlag, even during the war years. The first edition of music came out in late autumn 1938, after a few music books had previously appeared as a preprint, in duplicate, roughly at the same time in the publishing house Jugendhaus Düsseldorf and - due to the imminent closure of the youth house - in the Christophorus publishing house in Freiburg. When the youth center was closed, the Gestapo also confiscated its publications. The hymn was released on August 9, 1939 with the condition that the names of the editors could no longer be named. The reason given for the release was that the hymn was a purely religious book and not a purely Catholic book, as it also contained 40 Protestant songs.

In 1945 a sheet music edition with 105,000 copies and a text edition with 100,000 copies were published; especially after the war the reception of the work was remarkable. The last sheet music edition was published in 1971 with a circulation of 7,500, and in 1972 the last text edition with 5,179 copies. Overall, a circulation of at least 1,156,549 copies can be reconstructed; since the number of copies is only known from 1942 onwards, the real number is likely to have been much higher.

Until 1961, the editions followed largely unchanged, from the 1962 edition onwards, church hymns appeared partially changed with the subtitle “A selection of sacred songs. First part. New edition with the versions of the standard songs ”. From 1952 , the music edition was expanded to include a chorale office , the Ordinarium of the Catholic Mass liturgy in Gregorian chant .

The text editions from 1938 to 1961 carried the ecclesiastical printing permission of the Archbishop's General Vicariate in Cologne from April 4, 1938, the following in the new version that of the Archbishop's Ordinariate of Freiburg from August 28, 1961. The imprimatur for the music editions from 1939 to 1961 was given by Bishop Albert Stohr , Bishop of Mainz and advisor to the Fulda Bishops' Conference for youth issues, on May 27, 1939, from then on the Freiburg printing permit from 1961 also applied.

All editions up to the 1960s were preceded by a foreword "Zum Geleit!" By Bishop Albert Stohr, dated " Holy Saturday 1938", in most editions there was an "afterword" by the "editor" at the end.

layout

Hymn: layout example designed by Alfred Riedel (Lied 59, page 74/75)

The external design was simple, the format was usually 14.5 × 10 cm. The text editions were stapled and had a brown cardboard cover. The sheet music editions were also available with half-linen, linen and leather covers and partly in two-color printing: headings and staves in red, notes and text in black. The typeface (the "book decoration", as it is called in the hymn ) was created by Alfred Riedel. The red graphic on the title page of the text edition is the stylized contour of Altenberg Cathedral near Cologne; Haus Altenberg , which is adjacent to the former Cistercian church , has been the center of the Catholic youth movement in Germany since 1926. The typeface on the inside is clear, the large subheadings are richly decorated and structure the book; no illustrations were used. Some of the songs from Gregorian chant are notated in rhombus notes without a stem or rhythmic value, and bar lines are also missing.

distribution

Already during the creation of the hymn it was presented to those responsible in church youth work all over Germany, for the first time at a youth chaplaincy conference in Bad Soden-Salmünster in October 1937 with a lecture and a "singing lesson". After the publication, the three editors traveled together with the organist Heinrich Neuss - from whom individual settings of Thurmair songs came - all of Germany on so-called "vacation trips" and organized song devotions, speaking exercises, song rehearsals, song catechesis and church services with the new songs, too played a major role in the youth pilgrimages to Altenberg Cathedral.

Related publications

Accompanying book to the hymn book hymn

Sound sentences for the hymn

Between 1938 and 1964 there were six editions of music for the hymn for keyboard instruments, four-part mixed choir, string and wind instruments and, at the same time, an organ edition, edited by Josef Diewald and Georg Thurmair by Christophorus-Verlag. Most of the tone sets are by Adolf Lohmann and were written between 1932 and 1942. Oskar Brandstetter (Leipzig) was responsible for the engraving of the second edition in 1948 (Christophorus Verlag Freiburg i.Br., Berlin, Düsseldorf), and it was printed by Gebr. Illert KB Klein ( Auheim am Main).

Record series Voice of Youth

From 1934 to 1938, a series of records by the German Association of Young Men entitled Voice of the Young ( Telefunken GmbH ) was released in loose succession in the Düsseldorf Youth Center . The then new medium was used in youth pastoral care as a journalistic aid, at church services, celebrations and to work out new songs and offered meditative chants, audio images, songs and speeches - for example, several speeches by Prelate Ludwig Wolker or the address of Pope Pius XI. to the German Catholic youth, read by the Cardinal Secretary of State Eugenio Pacelli , later Pope Pius XII. In the last season of six records, published in 1938, with 12 new and old hymns (sung in unison with organ accompaniment), mainly songs from the hymn were presented and thus distributed.

Praise to God - Church prayer and hymn, edition 1942 (inside title)

Praise to god. Church prayer and hymn

In 1938, 1939 and 1942 the Christophorus-Verlag published a combined but otherwise unchanged edition of church prayer (pp. 1-67) and the sheet music edition of hymn (p. 85 ) under the title Gotteslob in red and black print and red half-linen cover –254), supplemented by a chorale mass (1st Choral Mass Lux et origo , 2nd Credo and Responsories, pp. 69–84), song suggestions for specific occasions (pp. 255–260) and a table of contents with an alphabetical synoptic song register that compared the page numbers of God's praise and hymn (pp. 261–265). Introduction (p. 1), preface (p. 86) and epilogue (p. 253f.) Were taken from the two part books. In addition to this music book , Gotteslob also appeared as a text book (songs without notes). The imprimatur, like the music edition of the hymn and the revised version of the prayer booklet church prayer , comes from Bishop Albert Stohr, dated May 27, 1939.

Hymn II

A "Kirchenlied II" ( church hymn. A selection of sacred songs. Second part ) with 194 songs (text edition: 173 p., Sheet music: 224 p.) Was also published between 1967 and 1970 in four editions (print run: 12,000 to 25,000 pieces) Published by Diewald, Lohmann and Thurmair by Christophorus-Verlag Herder. The ecclesiastical printing permission was granted by the Archbishop's Ordinariate Freiburg on February 13, 1967. Julius Cardinal Döpfner , Archbishop of Munich and Freising and Chairman of the German Bishops' Conference , wrote the foreword. 66 of the 194 songs were by Georg Thurmair, and many were again set to music by Adolf Lohmann. Hymn II was not successful. Thomas Labonté attributes this to a changed zeitgeist, as well as to the expectation of a common prayer and hymn book for all German-speaking dioceses, which appeared in 1975 as “ God's praise ”.

Franciscan songs

In 1948 the Franciscan Father Waltram Roggisch OFM published a 71-page “Supplement to the Hymn” with the title Franziskanische Lieder in Christophorus-Verlag. It comprised 31 songs with sheet music on 71 pages and had a second edition in 1953.

criticism

Against hymn to criticism arose from theological and church-musical reasons. On the one hand, the fact that a large number of songs of Protestant origin were recorded gave rise to opposition, which was clearly performed by the Archbishop of Freiburg, Conrad Gröber, among others . On the other hand, there was a clear opposing position at the Cecilia Association for Germany , the umbrella organization for Catholic church music. At that time, the Cecilia Association propagated Gregorian chant and the “ Old Classical Vocal Polyphony ” as particularly appropriate to the liturgy of the Church and referred to the Apostolic Constitution Divini cultus sanctitatem of Pope Pius XI. of December 20, 1928. The association rejected the youth music movement and its influences on church music and took the position that "all music of a profane nature should be banned from the churches".

Hymn as a "Book of Resistance"?

In the new songs in the hymn from the pen of George Thurmairs found - as in contemporary bündisch Catholic youth, in the Singe ship published -Bänden new songs of youth associations and in the speeches of Louis Wolkers on the record - a '' heroic ' 'male-warlike' behavioral orientation that had many overlaps with the 'soldierly virtues' of National Socialism ”( Arno Klönne ). Not to be overlooked are the affinities of ideas in the “Reichsgedanken” ( German Empire vs. God's Kingdom ) or between the Führer and Christ the King in some of the songs, texts and speeches of the church youth movement of that time. However, these parallels were intended as antitheses at the time the texts were written.

A certain potential for resistance cannot be denied in the songs: “Being different, being Catholic in a totalitarian state, in which the individual is only allowed to apply something if he is absorbed in the people as a whole, is resistance,” said Klönne; Establishing an ecclesiastical “counter-world” in such a state and thereby withdrawing from the totalitarian claim bears resistance.

In Thurmair's "Advent song ", Satan extinguishes the lights (No. 23), we look for a way home (1st stanza), while "people practice terrible cunning and think many lies" (2nd street) and "that Life is not lovable in these bad times ”(3rd St.). The motif recurs twice in the well-known Thurmair song Wir sind nur Gast auf Erden (No. 129), pointedly as “the way to the father's house” “with all sorts of complaints” in “these gray streets” where “nobody is with us " want. In the “Altenberger pilgrimage song” Well, brothers, we are happy (no. 96) it says in Str. 2, addressed to Maria : “But we come from the time very poor into your light.” Such passages were used as a challenge to the Nazi -Regime understood "in hidden notation".

Critics object that the texts aimed at the cohesion of the Christian ingroup and an "internal emigration" against the regime without actively offering resistance or actively helping other persecuted people in the country. Hans Maier said in a speech on the 50th anniversary of the Christophorus Verlag in 1985: “On the one hand, it was certainly a bit of contradiction and resistance when there was no picture of Hitler in a room, but a Madonna or a Dante verse. [...] On the other hand: the laboriously shielded, laboriously asserted space of private freedom, personal self-disposal - could it not also become a réduit of a powerless inwardness, a retreat in which the so-called good, morality, and decency were less preserved and claimed to be hidden in order not to have to compete 'outside' against the overwhelming world? ”And with Dietrich Bonhoeffer , Maier asked whether one had to scream for the Jews first before one could dare to sing chorale.

reception

Labonté points out that the commission, in which in 1947, under the chairmanship of Auxiliary Bishop Heinrich Metzroth (Trier), experts from various German dioceses compiled a list of “ standard songs ”, not only sifted through existing diocesan hymns, but also researched and researched singing practice in the communities chose the unit songs based on frequency and popularity in church singing. That of 74 Unit songs 40 in the hymn find (= 52.6%, 17 songs in exact agreement with lyrics and melody of the hymn -version) is a clear indication of the success of the hymn in the German Catholic church in less than ten years , especially during wartime.

It is possible that many Catholic soldiers from all parts of Germany had hymns (and church prayer ) in their luggage as a common basis for church services during the war. After the war, refugees and displaced persons in the West German dioceses came, that was by the hymn published common songs beneficial. Several dioceses gave out new hymnals, where unit songs and not infrequently songs of the hymn were taken over the unit songs out in large proportions. Walther Lipphardt saw in 1953 a turning point in the Church's German songs: the proportion of songs from the 19th century had declined significantly, however, evangelical songs and Gregorian chant had become more important - all well intentions of the hymn -Herausgeber.

In the joint of prayer and hymnal praise of God , published in 1975, 79 of the 140 songs of were hymn was added, so 56.4%, albeit with most songs in a lyrically or musically revised form. Another 56 songs were included in individual or several diocesan appendices to the Praise of God . The changes made reflected - not least through the Second Vatican Council - a changed image of God and man and a renewed understanding of the church.

content

Hymn shows a high proportion of hymns that were not included in the diocesan hymn books of the time, even if they were old songs. Labonté comes from a comparison of diocesan Prayerbooks of Cologne (1930), Freiburg (1933) and Mainz (1935) with Kirchenlied at rates of only 21.4% (Mainz) to 36.4% (Cologne) also in Kirchenlied contained songs.

Categories of songs

Bernhard Bergmann divides and names the content of the newly published "narrow volume" hymn into four groups according to the epochs of its creation:

• I. Old ancestral songs of the fathers "as an expression of a time related to us, expression of a common spiritual, supra-historical basic attitude" (12th century to 1699, numerous songs by Friedrich von Spee , also by Michael Vehe , Johann Leisentrit , Kaspar Ulenberg and Angelus Silesius )
• II. Songs of transition , the songs of the 18th and 19th centuries that were taken over after a critical review with "many old friends from our diocesan song books"
• III. Some particularly high-quality songs from our evangelical brothers , from which Bergmann expects: "These songs will soon be common property of both great confessions, a strong, ringing bond that today connects the whole Christian people of faith in Germany, Catholics and Protestants," including seven by Paul Gerhardt .
• IV. Songs in the new tone of our time (from 1900, including ten texts by editor Georg Thurmair and 13 melodies by editor Adolf Lohmann): "We cannot and will not only live on the legacy of our fathers."

Songs of evangelical origin

Hymns were so successful in including evangelical songs that today, songs such as Praise the Lords , Power up the door or How beautifully does the morning star shine are sung by Catholics as naturally as if they had been part of the Catholic tradition for centuries. 26 of the hymn 38 songs and verses Protestant provenance contained were first published in a popular Catholic hymnal. However, none of the evangelical songs was adopted unchanged in terms of verse selection or text version. Martin Luther is not mentioned by name in the three songs or stanzas he wrote; the source here is “16. Century "indicated. The recording of evangelical songs was heavily criticized by some circles; on the other hand stands the sentence of Bishop Albert Stohr in the foreword to the hymn , addressed to the editors: "Thank you that you have collected with love what common songs can unite us to a mighty confession of God of all Christians in Germany!"

Thematic rubrics

Groups of hymns are summarized in the hymn by subheadings. Songs of praise and supplication follow from No. 21 to No. 85 songs along the church year , then songs of saints (No. 85–107), songs during the day (No. 108–128), songs on death and mass songs.

• Great God we praise you (No. 1-7)
• Our Refuge, God You Are (No. 8-20)
• The Lord of Glory is Coming (No. 21-29)
• A rose has sprung up (nos. 30-44)
• Follow me! says Christ (nos. 45-48)
• O you most holy cross (nos. 49-58)
• The glorious day has appeared (No. 59–68)
• O Jesus Christ, true light (nos. 69-80)
• Come here, the king's mandate (nos. 81–85)
• Hail Mary (No. 86–99)
• Friends of God all at once (nos. 100–107)
• The Day Has Risen (Nos. 108–116)
• My God, how beautiful is your world (No. 117–120)
• I go to rest with my God (No. 121–128)
• We are only guests on earth (nos. 129-133)
• For the sacrifice celebration (No. 134–140)

Directory of songs

The following table lists the songs in are of hymn offered order and numbering lists. Most songs have the beginning of the song as a heading, but many songs have a different heading, which is italicized . In the tables of contents only the beginnings of the song and the page number are listed, but not the song numbers. In many sheet music editions, the table of contents provides the page numbers for the text and the sheet music edition.

It is indicated which hymns of the church hymn were included in the list of 74 "unity hymns" drawn up by the German Bishops' Conference in 1947 and another with "unity hymns of the north-west German dioceses", in selected diocesan hymns from the post-war years and finally (in some cases changed) in the 1975 published uniform hymn book God praise .

No.	Song beginning heading	Categories by time of origin	Uniform songs (1947) Inclusion in diocesan hymn books	No. in praise of God (1975)	No. in the Praise of God (2013)
1	Your praise, Lord, calls out heaven	I. Old hereditary songs	e - K 310, OS 259	263	381
2	Earth, sing	II. Songs of transition	MZ 626	(19 × D)	411
3	Now praise God in the high throne	I. Old hereditary songs	E - K 307, FR 328, MZ 485, OS 261	265	393
4th	Honor only to God on high	III. Protestant songs	K 212, FR 308, MZ 362, OS 41	457	170
5	Praise the Lord, the mighty King of Honor. Praise the Lord	III. Protestant songs *	E - K 308, FR 329, MZ 486, OS 260	258	392
6th	Great God, we praise you	II. Songs of transition	E - K 305, FR 327, MZ 483, OS 258	257	380
7th	A house full of glory looks A house full of glory	II. Songs of transition	E - K 314, FR 136, MZ 407, OS 266	639	478
8 + 9	Our refuge, God, you are + our Father	I. Old hereditary songs (AL: new version)
10	Our father who you are - Kyrie eleison!	I. Old hereditary songs
11	In God's name we go	I. Old hereditary songs	E - K 317, FR 330, MZ 341, OS 267	303
12	God the Father, stay with us at Bittfahrerlied	I. Old hereditary songs	E - K 321, FR 331, MZ 343, OS 269	305
13	O God, stretch out your gentle hand	I. Old hereditary songs (GT: new version of stanzas 2–5)	K 318, MZ 349, OS 271	306
14th	When we are in dire straits	III. Protestant songs *	OS 274	(3 × D)
15th	Who only lets God rule	III. Protestant songs *	K 326, MZ 490	295	424
16	What God does is well done	III. Protestant songs	K 325, MZ 627, OS 273	294	416
17th	As my god wants, I am ready as my god wants	I. Old hereditary songs (GT ?: new version)	E - K 324, MZ 346, FR 333, OS 276	(661 melody, 12 × D)
18th	Hear, Lord, hear me	II. Songs of transition		(8 × D)
19th	Whoever secretly has his abode under the protection of the Most High In the protection of the Most High	I. Old hereditary songs	E - K 327, MZ 345, FR 332, OS 275	291 (melody)	423 (melody)
20th	Now thank everyone and bring honor	III. Protestant songs *	E - K 85, MZ 487, FR 278, OS 47	267 (638 melody)	403 (487 melody)
21st	Humanity laments out of sore woes	I. Old hereditary songs (GT ?: 2nd verse)	K 121, MZ 269, FR 281, OS 82	109
22nd	O Savior, tear open the heavens	I. Old hereditary songs	E - K 122, MZ 270, MZ 283, OS 89	105	231
23	Satan puts out the lights from the Advent call	IV. New songs (GT, melody: Heinrich Neuss)		(1 × D)
24	Awake, the voice is calling us	III. Protestant songs *	K 127, MZ 276, OS 92	110	554
25th	Open the door	III. Protestant songs *	K 126, MZ 277, OS 88	107	218
26th	Make the gates wide open in the world	IV. New songs (AL)	K 253, MZ 399	(19 × D)	360
27	God, holy creator of all stars	I. Old hereditary songs	E - K 119, MZ 272, FR 282, OS 81	116	230
28	"Ave Maria, gratia plena" Ave Maria, gratia plena	I. Old hereditary songs	K 131, MZ 279, OS 83	580	537
29	And our dear women, who dreamed a dream Our dear women dream	I. Old hereditary songs		(2 × D)
30th	A ship is coming to us	I. Old hereditary songs	K 134, OS 108	114	236
31	A rose has sprung up	I. Old hereditary songs	E - K 143, MZ 293, FR 114, 97	132	243
32	In dulci jubilo	I. Old hereditary songs	E - K 145, MZ 290, FR 287, OS 103	142	253
33	Let's sing with happiness	I. Old hereditary songs	OS 107	135
34	The day is so joyful	I. Old hereditary songs	K 144, MZ 144, FR 110, OS 96	(1 × D)
35	An angel came bright and clear	I. Old hereditary songs (1st stanza) III. Protestant songs (2nd - 6th stanza)	E - K 138, MZ 287, FR 285, OS 98	138	237
36	When I watch my sheep	I. Old hereditary songs	K 139, OS 94		246
37	From heaven high, O angel, come	I. Old hereditary songs	K 152, FR 123	(1 × D)
38	Let us weigh the child	I. Old hereditary songs	e - K 142, MZ 283, FR 118, OS 101
39	Born in Bethlehem	I. Old hereditary songs	E - K 142, MZ 280, FR 289, OS 109	140	239
40	A child born in Bethlehem	I. Old hereditary songs	MZ 282	146
41	Blessed be you, Jesus Christ	III. Protestant songs	E - K 146, MZ 284, FR 286, OS 93	130	252
42	Praise God, all Christians alike	III. Protestant songs	K 148, MZ 292	134	247
43	Praise resounds from shepherds' mouths	I. Old hereditary songs		(1 × D)
44	How beautiful the morning star shines for us	III. Protestant songs *	e - K 161, MZ 302, OS 198	554	357
45	Follow me! says Christ, our hero, after Me! says Christ	I. Old hereditary songs	e - K 252, MZ 391	616	461
46	Open up, open up, you beautiful blood open up, open up	I. Old hereditary songs	E - K 165, MZ 305, FR 291, OS 119	(7 × D)
47	Come on, sinner, come on, I'm waiting for you. Come on, sinner, come on	IV. New songs
48	O Lord, from a deep lament, penitential song	IV. New songs (GT, AL)		169	271
49	Three angels were singing	I. Old hereditary songs		186
50	At the last supper	II. Songs of transition	K 174, MZ 377, FR 34, OS 173	537	282
51	In a quiet night	I. Old hereditary songs	K 175, MZ 310, FR 150, OS 131	(2 × D)
52	Dearest of Jesus, what have you done wrong?	III. Protestant songs *		180	290
53	Just look at the two hearts of Jesus' farewell	IV. New songs (AL)
54	Oh head, full of blood and wounds	III. Protestant songs	E - K 177, MZ 316, FR 292, OS 127	179	289
55	Since Jesus was standing on the cross	I. Old hereditary songs	K 181, MZ 315, FR 293, OS 133	187
56	O holy crosses	I. Old hereditary songs	E - K 180, MZ 321, FR 295, OS 137	182	294
57	Christ's mother stood in pain	II. Songs of transition	K 185, MZ 443, FR 294, OS 132	584	532
58	O sadness, o heartache, burial	I. Old hereditary songs	E - K 184, MZ 319, FR 296, OS 140	188	295
59	Christ is risen	I. Old hereditary songs	K 186, MZ 323, FR 297, OS 144	213	318
60	Praise be to God in the highest throne Easter cheers	III. Protestant songs *	K 292, MZ 327	218	328
61	Is that the body, Lord Jesus Christ Transfiguration	I. Old hereditary songs	e - K 192, MZ 328, FR 175, OS 148	(18 × D)	33
62	Let us warmly rejoice Our Lady Easter joy	I. Old hereditary songs	E - K 199, MZ 422, FR 300, OS 149	585	533
63	Rejoice, you queen of heaven	I. Old hereditary songs	E - K 200, MZ 451, FR 301, OS 146	576	525
64	The wonderful day has appeared	III. Protestant songs *	MZ 325	225
65	Christ went to heaven	I. Old hereditary songs	K 201, MZ 335, FR 303, OS 154	228	319
66	The Ascension of Christ ascended to heaven	I. Old hereditary songs		230
67	Now we ask the Holy Spirit	I. Old hereditary songs	E - K 208, MZ 355, FR 306, OS 162	248	348
68	Come, Holy Spirit, o creator, you come, Holy Spirit	I. Old hereditary songs	E - K 204, MZ 353, FR 304	241	342
69	O Jesus Christ, true light	III. Protestant songs *	MZ 395, OS 278	643	485
70	Dearest Jesus, we are here	III. Protestant songs *	K 240, MZ 396, OS 74	520	149
71	Most beautiful Lord Jesus	I. Old hereditary songs	E - K 237, MZ 379, FR 314, OS 190	551	364
72	O sweetest of all the names of Jesus	II. Songs of transition	e - K 155, FR 135, OS 113
73	Morning star of the dark night	I. Old hereditary songs	e - K 160, MZ 301, OS 197	555	372
74	I want to love you, my strength	I. Old hereditary songs	E - K 238, MZ 394, FR 315, OS 192	558	358
75	Let us: holy, holy! to sing	II. Songs of transition	MZ 371, OS 175 (melody)	(14 × D)
76	The salvation of the world	I. Old hereditary songs	K 222, FR 226, OS 174	547	498
77	God be praised and given	I. Old hereditary songs (1st stanza) III. Protestant songs (2nd and 3rd stanza)	E - K 230, MZ 375, FR 311, OS 176	494	215
78	In peace yours	III. Protestant songs *	e - K 92, MZ 400, OS 70	473	216
79	Heart of Jesus, God's sacrificial fire	IV. New songs (AL)	e - K 249, MZ 403	(18 × D)	371
80	O heart of the king of all the world	III. Protestant songs	E - K 248, MZ 404, FR 316, OS 202	549	369
81	Come here, the king's contingent	IV. New songs (AL)	MZ 398
82	The hour is calling us, the time is pressing for us. The hour is calling us	IV. New songs (AL)
83	The banner is dedicated to the Lord	IV. New songs (GT, AL)
84	Now everyone stands man by man God-fighter	IV. New songs (GT, AL)
85	Take power, arm of the Lord	III. Protestant songs *	K 322, MZ 393, OS 277	304	347 (melody)
86	Greetings, Maria	I. Old hereditary songs (AL: new version)
87	Ave Maria clear	I. Old hereditary songs	K 255, MZ 408, FR 104, OS 222	581
88	Ave Maria tender	I. Old hereditary songs	K 261, MZ 410, FR 320, OS 223	583	527
89	A beautiful rose in the holy land A beautiful rose	II. Songs of transition	OS 209	(6 × D)
90	Three roses bloom on a branch	II. Songs of transition		(5 × D)
91	Say who is this Maria?	I. Old hereditary songs	E - K 268, MZ 421, Fr 322, OS 217	588	531
92	Beautifully magnificent	II. Songs of transition	K 271a, MZ 419, FR 211, OS 219	(20 × D)
93	The most beautiful of them all	IV. New songs	MZ 423	(14 × D)
94	Maria is a bright star	I. Old hereditary songs
95	Sea star, I greet you	II. Songs of transition	MZ 456, OS 214	(18 × D)	524
96	Well, brothers, we are in good spirits	IV. New songs (GT, AL)		(15 × D)
97	Maria, spread your coat	I. Old hereditary songs	e - K 276a, MZ 426, FR 198, OS 211	595	534
98	My refuge alone	I. Old hereditary songs	E - K 275, MZ 428, FR 323, OS 215	(5 × D)
99	O queen, mildly rich woman	I. Old hereditary songs	K 280, MZ 424
100	Lord God, we all praise you, God's angels	III. Protestant songs	MZ 460
101	Insurmountably strong hero Saint Michael	I. Old hereditary songs	E - K 282, MZ 457, FR 325, OS 237	606
102	The flaming sword in hands	IV. New songs
103	Friends of God all at once	I. Old hereditary songs	E - K 303, MZ 461, FR 326, OS 239	608	542
104	Let's call Saint Peter to Saint Peter	I. Old hereditary songs	e - K 290, MZ 465, OS 247	(1 × D)
105	We are fighting and fighting Saint George	IV. New songs (GT, AL)
106	Now let us all praise Saint Boniface Saint Boniface	I. Old hereditary songs	e - K 293, OS 248	(3 × D)
107	Sankt Anna, mother great Sankt Anna	I. Old hereditary songs	e - K 299, OS 254	(1 × D)
108	O you my God, my mighty God In the morning	I. Old hereditary songs	<
109	Morning shine of eternity	III. Protestant songs *		668	84
110	The golden sun full of joy and delight The golden sun	III. Protestant songs *		(4 × D)
111	The bright sun is shining for now	III. Protestant songs *		667
112	The golden sun brings life and bliss in the morning light	III. Protestant songs *		(7 × D)
113	The day has risen	II. Songs of transition (AL: new version)		(18 × D)
114	Morning prayer from the bottom of my heart	I. Old hereditary songs	K 68, MZ 480, FR 266, OS 2	669	86
115	Praise the lords all who honor him morning praise	III. Protestant songs *	MZ 625	671	81
116	We praise you, Lord Jesus Christ Morning Song	IV. New songs (GT, AL)
117	Go out, my heart, and seek Freud. Go out, my heart	III. Protestant songs *		(3 × D)
118	My god how beautiful is your world	IV. New songs (GT, melody: Heinrich Neuss)		(2 × D)
119	Heaven, light and blue	II. Songs of transition	K 227	(2 × D)
120	The field is white, the ears of wheat are all sloping thanks to Thanksgiving	III. Protestant songs *
121	The day's work is now complete	I. Old hereditary songs	OS 5	(4 × D)
122	Most gracious after the day's run	III. Protestant songs		(5 × D)
123	The sun is shining down below	III. Protestant songs *		705
124	The light and splendor of the dear sun In Jesus name: Good night!	III. Protestant songs *		(3 × D)
125	Now all forests are at rest	III. Protestant songs *		(1 × D)	101
126	I go to rest with my God	III. Protestant songs *		(3 × D)
127	On this night you will be my screen and watch On this night	II. Songs of transition	E - K 70, MZ 481, FR 279, OS 6	703	91
128	We ask you, Lord Jesus Christ Evening Song	IV. New songs (GT, AL)		(2 × D)
129	We are only guests on earth	IV. New songs (GT, AL)	K 339, MZ 628, FR 342, OS 286	656	505
130	Oh how fleeting, oh how void	III. Protestant songs *		657
131	In the middle of life we ​​are surrounded by death. In the middle of life	I. Old hereditary songs	E - K 333, MZ 497, FR 334, OS 279	654	503
132	When my hour is available	III. Protestant songs		658
133	O eternity	I. Old hereditary songs	FR 84
134	To you, oh God, we rise to the entrance	II. Songs of transition	E - K 73, MZ 108, FR 267, OS 33	462	142
135	God on high be praise and honor to the glory	II. Songs of transition	E - K 74, MZ 101, FR 268, OS 34	464	172
136	You have, oh Lord, your life to prepare for sacrifices	II. Songs of transition	E - K 75, MZ 108, FR 269, OS35	468 (melody)	185
137	Let us lift up our hearts and voices To the Sanctuary	II. Songs of transition	E - K 76, MZ 101,11, FR 270, OS 36	469 (melody)	199 (melody)
138	O you innocent Lamb of God To the Agnus Dei	III. Protestant songs	E - K 77, MZ 101,13, FR 271, OS 37	470	203
139	O Jesus, you are all my life at the sacrificial meal	II. Songs of transition (GT ?: Additional verse 2)	E - K 78, MZ 108,14, FR 40, OS 38	472	377
140	Your grace, power and glory For dismissal	II. Songs of transition	K 79, MZ 108,16, FR 272, OS 39	(19 × D)

literature

• Thomas Labonté: The " Hymn Collection" (1938). Origin, corpus analysis, reception. Francke Verlag, Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7720-8251-1 .
• Hartmann Bernberg: Sing a new song to the Lord! The German hymn + legacy and task. Verlag Jugendhaus Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf o. J.

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Apart from the" Gotteslob ", the hymn is by far the most influential Catholic hymnbook of the 20th century", Hermann Kurzke: Das Einheitsgesangbuch Gotteslob (1975-2008) and its prehistory. In: Dominik Fugger, Andreas Scheidgen (Hrsgg.): History of the Catholic hymn book. (= Mainzer hymnological studies vol. 21) A. Francke Verlag, Tübingen / Basel 2008, p. 53, quoted in: Udo Grub: Evangelical traces in the Catholic standard hymn book "Gotteslob" from 1975. (= Aesthetics - Theology - Liturgy Vol. 55 ) LIT Verlag Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2012, p. 31f.
2. ↑ Josef Seuffert : Praise the Lord. Liturgical education and church youth work. In: Karl Wuchterl (Ed.): A future for the past. 75 years Jugendhaus Düsseldorf. 2nd edition, Düsseldorf 1985, pp. 40-45, here p. 42.
3. ↑ Barbara Schellenberger: Catholic Youth and Third Reich. A history of the Catholic Young Men Association 1933-1939 with special consideration of the Rhine Province. Matthias Grünewald Verlag Mainz 1975, p. 126ff.
4. ↑ Thomas Labonté: The collection "Hymn" (1938). Origin, corpus analysis, reception. Francke Verlag, Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7720-8251-1 , pp. 9-18.213.
5. ↑ Josef Diewald: On the "hymn". In: Jugendhaus Düsseldorf (Hrsg.): Jugendseelsorger. Worksheet for the pastoral care of male youth. 42nd year, Düsseldorf 1938, pp. 119–126, here pp. 120f., Quoted by Thomas Labonté: The “Kirchenlied” collection (1938). Origin, corpus analysis, reception. Francke Verlag, Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7720-8251-1 , pp. 13-15.
6. ^ Maria Margarete Linner: Song and singing in the denominational youth movement of the early 20th century (dissertation, Munich 2008) . Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-631-59148-2 . , P. 4.132f.
7. ↑ Thomas Labonté: The collection "Hymn" (1938). Origin, corpus analysis, reception. Francke Verlag, Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7720-8251-1 , p. 16, note 84, p. 65.
8. ↑ Thomas Labonté: The collection "Hymn" (1938). Origin, corpus analysis, reception. Francke Verlag, Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7720-8251-1 , p. 10f .; Maria Margarete Linner: Song and Singing in the Confessional Youth Movement of the Early 20th Century . Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-631-59148-2 , p. 45 .
9. ↑ Source for the details of the editions: Uni Mainz, database of hymn book bibliography ( memento of the original dated December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on 12./13. October 2012. 
10. ↑ Thomas Labonté: The collection "Hymn" (1938). Origin, corpus analysis, reception. Francke Verlag, Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7720-8251-1 , pp. 211f.
11. ↑ Authorization No. 2300 de la Direction de l 'Information 12/46 (Direction de l' Education Publique) of the occupying powers was required .
12. ↑ Thomas Labonté: The collection "Hymn" (1938). Origin, corpus analysis, reception. Francke Verlag, Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7720-8251-1 , pp. 38-53, here p. 38f.
13. ↑ Uni Mainz, database of the hymn book bibliography ( memento of the original from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 20, 2012. 
14. ↑ Thomas Labonté: The collection "Hymn" (1938). Origin, corpus analysis, reception. Francke Verlag, Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7720-8251-1 , pp. 174.214f.
15. ↑ Uni Mainz, database of the hymn book bibliography ( memento of the original from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 20, 2012. 
16. ↑ Thomas Labonté: The collection "Hymn" (1938). Origin, corpus analysis, reception. Francke Verlag, Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7720-8251-1 , pp. 38-53, here pp. 174f., U. a. with reference to: Peter Ackermann: Between Cäcilianism and Modernism. Setting of psalm texts against the background of the church music restoration in Italy. In: Günther Massenkeil (Ed.): Church Music Yearbook, 86th year. Regensburg 2002, pp. 109–125, here p. 109f.
17. ↑ Arno Klönne: Afterword. In: Christel Beilmann : A Catholic Youth in God and the Third Reich. Wuppertal 1989, p. 396, quoted in: Thomas Labonté: Die Sammlung "Kirchenlied" (1938). Origin, corpus analysis, reception. Francke Verlag, Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7720-8251-1 , p. 163, note 232.
18. ↑ Heidrun Ehrke-Rotermund, Erwin Rotermund: Intermediate Realms and Counterworlds. Texts and preliminary studies on the 'hidden spelling' in the “Third Reich”. Munich 1999, quoted in Labonté, p. 156.
19. ↑ Thomas Labonté: Excursus: Was the hymn a book of resistance? In: ders .: The "Hymn Collection" (1938). Origin, corpus analysis, reception. Francke Verlag, Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7720-8251-1 , pp. 155-169, here pp. 168f.
20. ↑ Unpublished speech at the publisher's anniversary, March 22, 1985 in Freiburg, quoted in: Thomas Labonté: Excursion: Was hymn a book of resistance? In: ders .: The "Hymn Collection" (1938). Origin, corpus analysis, reception. Francke Verlag, Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7720-8251-1 , p. 168.
21. ↑ Thomas Labonté: The collection "Hymn" (1938). Origin, corpus analysis, reception. Francke Verlag, Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7720-8251-1 , p. 181.
22. ↑ Walther Lipphardt: Gregorian chant and German Catholic hymn of the present. In: Richard Baum (Ed.): House music. Bimonthly for house and youth music, choirs and music education, issue 4/5. Kassel and Basel 1953, pp. 127–130, here p. 130, reproduced in: Thomas Labonté: Die Sammlung “Kirchenlied” (1938). Origin, corpus analysis, reception. Francke Verlag, Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7720-8251-1 , p. 183, note 24.
23. ↑ Thomas Labonté: The collection "Hymn" (1938). Origin, corpus analysis, reception. Francke Verlag, Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7720-8251-1 , pp. 193-196.
24. ↑ p. 63
25. ↑ alias Hartmann Bernberg: Sing a new song to the Lord! The German hymn + legacy and task. Verlag Jugendhaus Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf undated (1939), pp. 65–68; this book, published under a pseudonym, was "banned immediately after publication" and was expanded and revised: Bernhard Bergmann: Werkbuch zum deutschen Kirchenlied. Christophorus-Verlag Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1953, there p. 60ff, the information on the author p. 4.
26. ↑ No. 35, 2; No. 41; No. 77.2 + 3
27. ↑ Thomas Labonté: The collection "Hymn" (1938). Origin, corpus analysis, reception. Francke Verlag, Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7720-8251-1 , p. IX (introduction), p. 90.104 notes 97 and 98; P. 174f.
28. ↑ For the table the extensive lists were evaluated, which Thomas Labonté ( The collection "Kirchenlied" (1938). Origin, corpus analysis, reception. Francke Verlag, Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7720-8251-1 .) Offers:
    Protestantische Songs: p. 104; Entry into the standard songs of 1947: pp. 176–181; Recording of hymn songs in three post-war hymn books: pp. 183–188; Inclusion in the trunk section of Gotteslob (1975): pp. 189–193; Inclusion in the diocesan appendices of Gotteslob : 196–209.
29. ↑ Thomas Labonté: The collection "Hymn" (1938). Origin, corpus analysis, reception. Francke Verlag, Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7720-8251-1 , pp. 102-105, based on Hartmann Bernburg. - At III. Protestant songs means *: first printed in a Catholic hymn book, at IV. New songs: GT = text by Georg Thurmair, AL = melody by Adolf Lohmann
30. ↑ E = unity song for all German dioceses, e = unity song for all north-west German dioceses.
31. ↑ Exemplary: K = Cologne 1949, FR = Freiburg 1950, MZ = Mainz 1952; Source: Thomas Labonté: The “ Hymn Collection” (1938). Origin, corpus analysis, reception. Francke Verlag, Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7720-8251-1 , pp. 183-188. OS = praise to God. Hymnal and prayer book for the Diocese of Osnabrück. Fromm, Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer 1951 - each with the number in the relevant diocesan hymn book.
32. ↑ D = diocesan appendix to the praise of God; 3 × D = included in three diocesan appendices: additional inclusion of songs that are in the root section in individual diocesan appendices (e.g. with a changed melody) are not taken into account.
33. ↑ Two numbers with the note: “No. 9 (Our Father) can also be sung as a separate song. "
34. ^ Diocese of Mainz
35. ^ Dioceses of Augsburg, Passau
36. ^ Dioceses of Dresden / Erfurt / Görlitz / Magdeburg
37. ^ Diocese of Regensburg
38. ↑ The first stanza begins with the text variant “Praise God, you Christians all alike”.
39. ↑ Diocese of Berlin
40. ^ Archdiocese of Bamberg, Diocese of Würzburg
41. ^ Diocese of Regensburg
42. ^ Dioceses of Essen, Fulda, Mainz
43. ^ Diocese of Augsburg
44. ^ Archbishopric Hamburg, Dioceses Osnabrück, Dresden / Erfurt / Görlitz / Magdeburg
45. ^ Dioceses of Augsburg, Freiburg / Rottenburg
46. ^ Dioceses of Dresden / Erfurt / Görlitz / Magdeburg, Regensburg, Trier
47. ^ Diocese of Regensburg
48. ^ Bishoprics of Fulda, Limburg, Mainz
49. ^ Dioceses of Limburg, Trier