List of hymns by Luther

Gelobet seystu Jhesu Christ in Walters Geystliche Gesangk Buchleyn

Martin Luther, portrait by
Lucas Cranach the Elder Ä. (1529)

Our father , autograph of the lyrics with the only surviving musical notation from Luther's hand

The list of hymns contains 35 songs for which Martin Luther wrote the text and the music.

Songs

• Church year songs :
  • Advent :
    • Now come, the Gentile Savior
  • Christmas :
    • Christ we should already praise
    • Blessed be you, Jesus Christ
    • From heaven high, there I come (composed for his children; Lk 2,8-14  KJV )
    • The angels came from heaven
    • With peace and joy I go there (according to the hymn of Simeon , Lk 2.29–32  LUT )
  • Epiphany :
    • What do you fear very much, enemy Herod?
  • Easter :
    • Christ lay in the bonds of death
    • Jesus Christ, our Savior, who overcame death
  • Pentecost :
    • Come, God Creator, Holy Spirit (from the Latin hymn Veni creator spiritus )
    • Come, Holy Spirit, Lord God
    • Now we ask the Holy Spirit
  • Trinity :
    • God the Father live (stand) with us

• Catechism songs:
  • Commandments :
    • These are the ten sacred commandments
    • Man, do you want to live happily (forever)
  • Creed :
    • We all believe in one God
  • Our Father :
    • Our father in the Heaven
  • Baptism :
    • Christ our Lord came to Jordan
  • Confession :
    • Out of deep need I cry to you (according to Ps 130  LUT , 1523)
  • Last Supper :
    • Jesus Christ, our Savior, who turned away the wrath of God from us
    • God be praised and given

• Psalm songs :
  • Oh God, look into it from heaven (according to Ps 12  LUT , 1523)
  • The unwise mouth speaks well (according to Psalm 14 LUT , 1523)
  • A strong castle is our God (partly according to Ps 46  LUT )
  • God wants to be gracious to us (God wants to be gracious to us) (according to Ps 67  LUT )
  • If God weren't with us this time (according to Ps 124  LUT )
  • Blessed are those who stand in fear of God (according to Ps 128  LUT )

• More songs:
  • That you are three in unity (transmission)
  • A new song we begin (Luther's first song, 1523)
  • Keep us, Lord, by your word
  • Lord God, we praise you (transmission of the Te Deum laudamus , German Te Deum , 1529)
  • Jessia, the prophet that happened (to the Sanctus , Isa 6  NIV )
  • Litany ( Kyrie Eleison )
  • We are in the middle of life
  • Now rejoice, dear Christians g'mein (1523)
  • I love her, the maid
  • Graciously grant us peace

• Luther texts subsequently set to music:
  • The best time of the year is mine

chronology

The first songs were written in 1523 ( we are starting a new song , Now rejoice, dear Christians, g'mein and others). At the turn of the year 1523/24, four songs by Luther were printed for the first time in the eight- song book in Nuremberg, and 18 songs in the Erfurt Enchiridion in 1524 .

See also

• List of hymns
• List of hymn composers
• List of hymn poets

Web links

• Songs of Martin Luther
• Hymns by Martin Luther - numbered according to the Evangelical Church Hymnal (EKG) 2004

literature

• Otto Schlißke: Handbook of Luther songs . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1948, DNB 454375018