List of hymns

This is a list of hymns in alphabetical order with references to the composers (K) and the poets (D).

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A.

It was evening, night is coming soon , text: Rudolf Alexander Schröder , 1942, melody: Samuel Rothenberg , 1948
Abraham, Abraham, leave your country , text: Diethard Zils based on the Dutch "Abraham, Abraham, verlaat je Land" by Hanna Lam , 1968, melody: Wim ter Burg , 1968
Oh stay with us, Lord Jesus Christ , text: Nuremberg 1611; Str. 1 1579 after "Vespera iam venit" by Philipp Melanchthon 1551; Str. 2–7 Nikolaus Selnecker (before 1572) 1578, melody: “ Preserve us, Lord, by your word ”, Martin Luther 1543
Oh stay with your grace , text: Josua Stegmann , 1627, melody: "Christ, he is my life", Melchior Vulpius , 1609
Oh God, it totally ruined me , Laurentius Laurenti , 1660–1722
Oh God and Lord, how big and heavy , text: Martin Rutilius (1604) 1613, melody: Leipzig, 1625
Oh God, don't forsake me , Solomon Franck , 1714, melody: from “Neuvermehrtes Gesangbuch”, Meiningen 1693
Oh God, look into it from heaven , text and melody: Martin Luther , 1524
Oh dear armies of Jesus Christ, who became a child , text: Johannes Freder , (around 1555) 1565, melody: with Johannes Eccard , 1597
Oh dear Lord Jesus Christ, because you were a child , text: after Heinrich Laufenberg , 1430, melody: Strasbourg, 1430
Oh my Jesus, what a ruin , Ludwig Andreas Gotter , 1661–1735, melody: “Lord, I have mistreated”, Johann Crüger , 1649
Oh what are we without Jesus , Peter Lackmann , 1713 ?, melody: “Lord, I have mistreated”, Johann Crüger , 1649
Oh how fleeting, oh how void , text and melody: Michael Franck , 1652
Oh, how great is your grace , Johannes Olearius , 1671, melody: "Oh, what should I make a sinner", from "Hirtenlieder", Altdorf, 1653
Adoramus te. Domine , text: Taizé , 1978, melody: Jacques Berthier , 1978
All of my sources arise in you , text and melody: Leonore Heinzl
Everyone listens to this new song , text: Simon Jelsma 1966, German: Sigisbert Kraft 1973, melody: Wim ter Burg
Every day sing and say , text: after Heinrich Bone 1847 after Omni die dic Mariae by Bernhard von Cluny , melody: Ingolstadt 1613
I want only on God's word , text: Johann Walter , 1566, melody: 15th century, spiritual Wittenberg, 1526
Honor to God alone , text and melody: Nikolaus Decius , 1539

Alone to you, Lord Jesus Christ , text: Konrad Hubert , before 1540, verse 4: Nuremberg, around 1540, melody: Paul Hofhaimer , 1512

All eyes are waiting for you, gentleman , text: Psalm 145, 15–16, melody: Heinrich Schütz , 1657

Everything is in God's blessing , approx. 1673, from the Nuremberg hymn book, melody: Johann Löhner , 1691

All in honor of my God , text: 1st stanza: Duderstadt 1724, 2nd – 4th Verse: Georg Thurmair 1963, melody: Bamber 1732 / Melchior Ludolf Herold 1808

All my sources arise in you , text: Psalm 87,7, melody: Heinz Martin Lonquich , 1937–2014

Every morning is fresh and new , text: Johannes Zwick , (around 1541) 1545, melody: Johann Walter 1541

When the world was lost, Christ was born , Polish: Gdy się Chrystus rodzi / i na świat przychodzi before 1853, translation: Gustav Kucz 1954, melody: Poland before 1853

When I watch my sheep , text: Cologne (1621), melody: Würzburg (1622)

So God loved the world , Erdmann Neumeister , 1671–1756

So God loved the world , text: Johannesevangelium 3, 16, melody: Volker Ochs , around 1980

So God loves the bad world , text: Kurt Müller-Osten , 1939/1950, 1st melody: Gerhard Schwarz , 1939, 2nd melody: Come to me, says God's Son , around 1504

So spoke at the Last Supper , text: Georg Thurmair , melody: to Bamberg 1732, Augsburg 1800

Amazing Grace , text: John Newton , 1779, melody: based on older roots by James P. Carrell and David S. Clayton , (1831)

Old people with the young should praise , text: Psalm 148, 12–13, melody: Paul Ernst Ruppel , 1954

The evening after the hymn of praise , text: Detlev Block , 1978, melody: Herbert Beuerle , 1980

Jesus' spirit , text and melody came on the bright day : Dieter Trautwein , 1967

Amen, God the Father and Son , Ludwig Helmbold , 1532–1598

Breathe in us, Holy Spirit , text: Jean-Marc Morin Esprit de Dieu, souffle de vie , translation: Thomas Csanády and Roger Ibounigg 1985, melody: Pierre and Viviane Mugnier

Up, up, all of you Christians , text: Johann Rist , 1651, 1st melody: Thomas Selle , 1651, 2nd melody: From the bottom of my heart , 16th century

Up, up, you comrades in the empire , Johann Rist , 1651, melody: Hamburg, 1598

Up, up, my heart with joy , text: Paul Gerhardt , 1647, melody: Johann Crüger , 1647

Come on, Christians, sing festive songs , text and melody: Fulda, 1778

On the Ascension of Christ alone , text: Ernst Sonnemann , 1661, based on Josua Wegelin , melody: It is certainly about time , Martin Luther , 1529

The world is open , text: Kurt Rose , 1987, melody: Götz Wiese , 1987

To my dear God , text: Lübeck before 1603, melody: Jakob Regnart , 1574

Open up, soul, open up and do not delay , text: Michael Müller , 1700/1704, melody: Praise God, you Christians are all alike , Nikolaus Herman , 1554

Up, Sion, your desire , text: Melchior Ludolf Herold , 1807 / Friedrich Kienecker, 1973, melody: Ferdinand Wacker, 1874

Open up and open your hearts , text: Johann Christoph Hampe , 1969, and Helmut Kornemann , 1972, melody: based on a temple song from China

From the depths, Lord and God , text: Christoph Lehmann , 1981, melody: Martin Hesekiel , 1931

From the depths I call to you , text: Uwe Seidel , 1981, melody: Oskar Gottlieb Blarr , 1981

Exit and entry , text and melody: Joachim Schwarz , 1962

Out of love, God allows Christianity , Georg Reimann , 1570–1615

From the bottom of my heart , text: Georg Niege , 1592, melody: 16th century

From the depths of my woe , text: Matthias Jorissen , 1798, melody: Strasbourg, 1539

From a thousand sadnesses , text: Friedrich von Bodelschwingh , 1945, melody: Hans Georg Bertram , 1975

Out of deep need let us to God , text: Michael Weisse , 1531, 1st melody: “Out of deep need I cry to you”, 2nd melody: Wolfgang Dachstein , 1524

In deep distress I cry to you , text and 1st melody: Martin Luther , 1524, 2nd melody: Wolfgang Dachstein , 1524

"Ave Maria, gratia plena!" , Text: after Speyer / Cologne / Paderborn 1617 after Lukas 1, 26-38, melody: Paderborn 1617

Ave Maria tender , you noble rose garden , text and melody: Johann Georg Franz Braun 1675

B.

Command your way , text: Paul Gerhardt 1653, melody: by Bartholomäus Gesius 1603

Carefully and quietly you take away the dusk from the earth , text: Raymund Weber 2004, melody: Christoph Seeger 2004

With you, Jesus, I want to stay , text: Philipp Spitta (1829) 1833, melody: "Heart and heart united together", 17th century, spiritual Bamberg 1732

At the last supper , text: Christoph von Schmid 1807, melody: with Melchior Vulpius 1609

Benedictus, qui venit , text: Matthäusevangelium 21, 9, melody: Jacques Berthier 1981

Before the light of day goes by , text: Friedrich Dörr 1969 (based on the hymn " Te lucis ante terminum " 5th / 6th century), melody: Kempten around 1000

Before the sun goes down , text: Christa Weiss and Kurt Rommel 1965, melody: Rolf Schweizer 1974

Keep us, God , text: Eugen Eckert , (1985) 1987, melody: Anders Ruuth , (around 1968) 1984 "La Paz del Señor"

God brought me this far , text: Aemilie Juliane von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (before 1685) 1699, melody: Peter Sohren 1668

You are like a father to us , text: Christoph Zehendner based on Matthew 6: 9-13, melody: Hans Werner Scharnowski

Stay with me, lord! Evening falls , text: Theodor Werner 1952 based on the English "Abide with me" by Henry Francis Lyte 1847, melody: William Henry Monk 1861

Stay with us, Lord , text: Franz-Josef Rahe (1st stanza), Paul Ringseisen (2nd and 3rd stanza), melody and movement: William Henry Monk (1861)

Stay with us with your grace , text and melody: Communauté de Taizé

Stay with us, you wanderer through time , text: Peter Gerloff , melody: William Henry Monk , 1861

Stay here and watch with me! , Text and melody: Communauté de Taizé

Bless the Lord , text: based on Psalm 103: 1-4, melody: Jacques Berthier , Taizé

Come on, you beautiful morning light , text: Johann Rist 1641, melody: Johann Schop 1641

Break your bread to the hungry , text: Martin Jentzsch 1951, melody: Gerhard Häussler 1953

Come in, sweet glow of blessed eternity , text: Marie Schmalenbach 1882, melody: Karl Kuhlo 1887

Break your bread with the hungry , text: Friedrich Karl Barth 1977, melody: Peter Janssens 1977

Bring praise and honor to the Lord , text: Cyriakus Günther , 1650–1704

Bread that nourishes hope , text: Wilhelm Willms 1974, melody: Peter Janssens 1974

Well of all salvation, we honor you , text: Gerhard Tersteegen 1745, melody: “Praise God, the Lord of glory” Loys Bourgeois 1551

C.

Christ went up to heaven , text: Crailsheim 1480, melody: "Christ is arisen" Salzburg 1160/1433

Christ has risen , text: Bavaria / Austria 12th century, melody: Salzburg 1160/1433

Christ lay in bonds of death , text and melody: Martin Luther 1524

Christ, our Lord, came to the Jordan , text and melody: Martin Luther 1541/1543

Christe, you are the bright day , text: Erasmus Alber around 1536, melody: Frankfurt am Main 1557

Christ, you Lamb of God , Martin Luther 1528

Christe, you creator of the world , text: Theodor Kliefoth 1875, melody: Königsberg 1527

Christians, sings with a happy heart , text: based on the Landshut hymn book, 1777, melody: French Psalter, 1562

Christ's blood and justice , text: Leipzig 1638, stanzas 2–5 by Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf 1739

Christ's mother stood in pain , text: after Stabat mater , 14th century, translation: after Heinrich Bone , 1847, melody: Cologne, 1638

Christ we should already praise , Martin Luther 1524

Christ, the light of the world , text: Sabine Leonhardt and Otmar Schulz 1972 based on the English "Christ is the world's light" by Frederick Pratt Green 1968, melody: Paris 1681

Christ, who is my life , text and melody in Melchior Vulpius 1609

Christ who makes us happy , text: Michael Weisse 1531, melody: Leipzig around 1500

Christ, you ruler of heaven and earth , text: Vinzenz Stebler 1975, melody: Reiner Schuhenn 2005, alternative melody : Johann Crüger, 1653

Christ, you light of true light , text: after Summi Parentis unice , translation: Münsterschwarzach Abbey, melody: after Johann Leisentrit , 1584, Erhard Quack , 1941, alternative melody : you sun of justice

Christ is opstahn , text: Low German Celle 1989, melody: "In you is joy" Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi 1591

Christ is King, cheer loudly! , Text: Walter Schulz 1983 based on the English "Christ is the king" by George Kennedy Allen Bell 1931

Christ is risen , text: Friedrich Spee 1623 (verse 1) and working group for ecumenical songs 1983, melody: Cologne 1623

Christ speaks: I am the resurrection and the life , text: John 11, 25, melody: Irmhild Knechtel (1987/1990)

Christ was obedient for us until death , text: after Philippians 2, 8.9, melody: Alan Wilson 2009

D.

So that strangers become friends , text and melody: Rolf Schweizer , 1982

Thank you, Lord, through all times , Maria Luise Thurmair , 1912–2005, melody: Bertold Hummel 1925–2002

Thank you, father, for eternal life , text: Maria Luise Thurmair 1970, melody: Praise the Lord and thank him for his gifts Johann Crüger , 1640

Thank you for this good morning , text and melody: Martin Gotthard Schneider (1961) 1963

Give thanks, thank the Lord , text: after Psalm 106, 1, canon for 4 voices: 18th century

Thank the Lord, because he is good , text: Josef Seuffert 1964 after the hymn of praise of the three young men, Daniel 3, melody: Josef Seuffert 1964

Thank the Lord! We thank the Lord , text: Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Herrosee before 1810, melody: Karl Friedrich Schulz 1810

Thank God, for he is good , text: ecumenical version 1971 after Christoph Johannes Riggenbach 1868, melody: Pierre Davantès 1562

Da pacem, domine , canon for 4 voices by Melchior Franck 1629

The old year has passed , text: Nuremberg 1568 (verses 1–2), the whole song by Johann Steurlein 1588, melody: 1st part: Johann Steurlein 1588, 2nd part: Melchior Vulpius 1609, the whole melody by Wolfgang Carl Briegel 1687

The field is white , text: Orlando Gortzitza 1858 based on the Masurian “Pola juz biale” by Bernhard Rostock 1738, melody: 17th century

The grave is empty, the hero wakes up , text and melody: Landshut 1777

The salvation of the world, Lord Jesus Christ , text: Cologne, 1638, new version based on Heinrich Bone , 1847, melody: Cologne, 1638

That is the day that God made , text: after Heinrich Bone 1847, 3rd and 4th verse: Friedrich Dörr (1972) 1975, melody: after Johann Leisentrit 1567

It's a delicious thing , text: from Psalm 92, melody: Rolf Schweizer , 1966

That is an expensive, valuable word , Heinrich Georg Neuss , 1654–1716

This is him , German / Bruhn / Eckhardt , (1997)

That is delicious , text: Günter Rutenborn (1971) 1983 based on the Hungarian “Mely igen jó az ur istent dícsérni” by Mihály Sztárai (before 1575) 1593, melody: 16th century

I love that you hear me , text: Heinrich Vogel 1948, melody: Johannes Petzold 1966

The year comes to an end quietly , text: Eleonore von Reuss (1857) 1867, melody: "Command you your ways" by Bartholomäus Gesius 1603

The year is at its height , text: Detlev Block 1978/2012, melody: Johann Steuerlein 1575, spiritual Nuremberg 1581

The cross is erected , text: Kurt Ihlenfeld 1967, melody: Manfred Schlenker 1977

The light of a candle , text: Rolf Krenzer , melody: Peter Janssens

You, disciples of Jesus, should never forget that, text: Johann Andreas Cramer , 1780, melody: Praise the Lord and thank him for his gifts Johann Crüger , 1640

The people who still walk in the dark , text: Jürgen Henkys , 1981, based on the Dutch Het Volk dat wandelt in het Duister by Jan Willem Schulze Nordholt , 1959, melody: Frits Mehrtens , 1959

The grain of wheat must die , text: Lothar Zenetti (1971), melody: Johann Lauermann (1972)

The word comes from the father , text: Otto Riethmüller , 1932/1934 based on the hymn Verbum supernum prodiens , melody: We thank you, Herr Jesu Christ by Nikolaus Herman , 1551

I wish that very much , text: Kurt Rose , canon for 4 voices: Detlev Jöcker

That you let me join in your jubilation , text and melody: Jesus Brotherhood Gnadenthal 1975

The fact that Jesus will win is eternally established , text: Johann Christoph Blumhardt (1852) 1877, melody: Johann Rudolf Ahle , 1662

Your mind blows where it wants , text: Wolfgang Poeplau, melody: Ludger Edelkötter

Your grace, your power and glory , text: after Harpffen Davids , Augsburg 1659, melody: Augsburg 1659

Your praise, Lord, heaven calls out , text: Adolf Lohmann after Albert Curtz 1659 after Psalm 19, melody: Augsburg 1669

Your King comes in low covers , text: Friedrich Rückert , 1834, melody: Johannes Zahn , 1853

Your hands, great God , text: Margareta Fries , 1961, melody: Friedrich Zipp , 1961

Your track in the sand , Gregor Linßen 1994, text: Margaret Fishback Powers

Your savior, your teacher , text: Franz Xaver Riedel 1773 based on Lauda Sion , melody: Michael Haydn 1781, local alternative melodies

Whom the shepherds praised dearly , text: by Matthäus Ludecus after Quem pastores laudavere 15th century, Nikolaus Herman , 1560 after Nunc angelorum gloria , 14th century, and by Johannes Keuchenthal , 1573 after Magnum nomen domini , 9th century, melody: Hohenfurt around 1450, Prague 1541, for Valentin Triller , 1555

Let us praise the angel , text: Maria Luise Thurmair 1941 / (1970) 1975, melody: Melchior Teschner (1613) 1614

I want to praise the gentlemen , text: Maria Luise Thurmair (1954/1971) 1967/1972 after Lukas 1,46-55 (Magnificat), melody: Melchior Teschner (1613) 1614

You are three in unity , text: Martin Luther , 1543, melody: Milan around 650, Strasbourg 1545, Lucas Lossius 1553

Who you have time in your hands , text: Jochen Klepper , 1938, melody: Siegfried Reda , 1960

You in the Nights of Death , text: Christian Gottlob Barth , 1827, melody: Valet I will give you Melchior Teschner , 1614

The angel golden army , Johann Friedrich Starck , 1680–1756

The earth's creator and her lord , text: based on Telluris ingens conditor (7th – 8th century), translation: Maria Luise Thurmair , melody: in Ottawa, 1994

The peace that God gives , text: Johannes Kuhn , 1988, melody: You great pain man Martin Jan , (1652) 1663

May the Lord's peace be with you , text and canon for 8 votes shalom chaverim from Israel

The Spirit of the Lord fills the universe , Maria Luise Thurmair 1912–2005

The Gnadenbrunn is still flowing , Christian Knorr von Rosenroth , 1636–1689

The service should be cheerful , text and melody: Martin Gotthard Schneider , 1975

The Savior rose , melody: Carl Santner

The savior is born , text: 1st street: from Upper Austria, 19th century, street 2–4: Glatz, melody: Innsbruck 1881/1883

The Lord protect your exit , text: Psalm 121 verse 8, canon for 3 voices: Helmut Bornefeld , 1947

The Lord did everything well , Christian Runge , 1619–1681

The Lord never broke his word , Johann Jakob Rambach , 1693–1735

The Lord is risen , text: Easter call of the Orthodox Church , canon for 2 voices: Karl Marx , 1947

The Lord is my true shepherd , text: Augsburg, 1531, melody: Johann Walter , 1524

The Lord is my Shepherd , text: Psalm 23 , melody: Arthur Henry Troyte , 1857

The Lord of All Ends , Paul Gerhardt , 1607–1676

The Lord will bless you with his goodness , text: Helmut Schlegel according to Numbers 6: 22-27, melody: Thomas Gabriel 1998

Heaven that is , text: Kurt Marti , 1971, melody: Winfried Heurich , 1980

The noise subsides and the burden becomes lighter , text: Jürgen Henkys (1986/1990) based on the Swedish Nu sjunker bullret by Lars Thunberg (1973), melody: from Sweden

The king wins, his banner shines , text: after Vexilla regis prodeunt des Venantius Fortunatus, 1978 book of hours, melody: Münster 1846

The dear sun light and splendor , text: Christian Scriver , (before 1671) 1684, melody: Halle, 1704, by Georg Philipp Telemann , 1730

The moon has risen , text: Matthias Claudius , 1779, melody: Johann Abraham Peter Schulz , 1790

The morning star has penetrated , text: Str. 1: 15th century, Str. 2–4: by Daniel Rumpius , 1587, edited by Otto Riethmüller , 1932, melody: 15th century, spiritual by Daniel Rumpius, 1587

The beautiful Easter day , text: Jürgen Henkys , 1983, based on the English This joyful eastertide by George Ratcliffe Woodward , 1902, melody: by Dirk Raphaelszoon Camphuysen , 1624

Day breaks and shows itself , text: Michael Weisse , 1531, melody: Melchior Vulpius , 1609

The day is over; my jesu stay with me , text: Joachim Neander , 1680, melody: How wonderfully you give, Lord, to recognize yourself by Guillaume Franc , 1542

The day has come to an end , text: Greifswald 1597, melody: I'm looking forward to Herr von Bartholomäus Helder , 1646/1648

The day is close to its height , text: Jochen Klepper , 1938, melody: Fritz Werner , 1949

The day is over, the night returns , text: Karl Albrecht Höppl , 1958, based on the English The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended by John F. Ellerton , 1870, melody: O that soon your fire was burning by Guillaume Franc , 1543

The day, my God, has now passed , text: Gerhard Vallentin , 1964, based on the English The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended by John F. Ellerton , 1870, melody: Clement Cotterill Scholefield , 1874

Sitting on the father's right , Philipp Friedrich Hiller , 1699–1769

The king's banner billows up , text: Hymnus Vexilla regis , melody: based on the hymn Vexilla regis

The day's shine has gone out , text: Wilhelm Thomas , 1930/1931, after the Danish Den lyse Dag he proceeded by Hans Christensen Sthen , 1589, melody: Danish folk tune from the 16th century

I ask you, dear little Jesus , Bartholomäus Helder , around 1635 ?, melody: "Vom Himmel hoch", Martin Luther , 1539

Loves you, oh God, my whole heart , text: from Geistlicher Psalter, Cologne 1648, melody: Görlitz 1648, alternative melody: Geistlicher Psalter, Cologne 1648

The best time of the year is mine , text: Martin Luther , 1538, melody: Böhmische Brüder , 1544, Strasbourg 1572, Karl Lütge , 1917

The earth is the Lord's , text: Jochen Riess , 1985, melody: Matthias Nagel , 1985

The earth is the Lord's , text: after Psalm 24 verse 1, canon for 4 voices by Ulfert Smidt , 1991

The harvest is now over , text: Gottfried Tollmann , 1725, melody: From the bottom of my heart , 16th century

The fields are all ripe , text: Günther Schulemann , melody: after Haym von Themar, Augsburg 1589

You left the whole world to us , text: Christa Weiss , 1965, melody I: Manfred Schlenker , 1977, melody II: Hans Rudolf Siemoneit

The whole world, Lord Jesus Christ , text: Friedrich Spee , 1623, melody: Cologne, 1623

The golden sun brings life and bliss , text: Philipp von Zesen , 1641, melody: Johann Georg Ahle , 1671

The golden sun full of joy and delight , text: Paul Gerhardt , 1666, melody: Johann Georg Ebeling , 1666

The bright sun is now shining , text: Nikolaus Herman , 1560, melody: Melchior Vulpius , 1609

The glory of the earth , text: Andreas Gryphius , 1560, melody: O world, I have to leave you , 15th century

You who were baptized into Christ , text and melody: from the liturgy of the Eastern Church

The church is founded , text: Anna Thekla von Weling , 1898 based on the English The church's one foundation by Samuel John Stone , 1866, melody: Samuel Sebastian Wesley , 1864

The night has come , text: Petrus Herbert , 1566, melody: 16th century, Bohemian Brothers , 1566

The night has passed , text: Silja Walter (1975/1995), Benediktinisches Antiphonale (1996), melody: Antiphonale for the Liturgy of the Hours (1979)

The night has advanced , text: Jochen Klepper , 1938, melody: Johannes Petzold , 1939

The cause of Jesus needs enthusiasts , text: Alois Albrecht , melody: Peter Janssens , 1972

The soul, Christ sanctify me , Johann Scheffler , 1624–1677

The most beautiful of all , text: verse 1 and 2: from Lorraine, verse 3 and 4: Louis Pinck , melody: at Louis Pinck 1927 in Verklingende Weisen

The sun has turned with its shine , text: Otto von Schwerin (?), 1647, melody: How wonderfully you reveal yourself, Lord, by Guillaume Franc , 1542

The sun is high in the sky , text: Ambrosius Lobwasser , 1579, melody: Johann Crüger , 1640

This is the day that God made , Christian Fürchtegott Gellert , 1757, melody: Vom Himmel hoch by Martin Luther , 1539

This is the night that appeared to me , text: Kaspar Friedrich Nachtenhöfer , 1684, melody: Langenöls, 1742, with Johann Balthasar Reimann , 1747, different melody: "O that I had a thousand tongues", Johann Balthasar König , 1738

This is the night of the angels , text: Kurt Rose , 1987, melody: Joachim Schwarz , 1987

These are the holy ten commandments , text: Martin Luther , 1524, melody: In God's name we go , 15th century

This day belongs to Christ , text: Peter Gerloff (2003/2004), melody: Gilbert König (around 1939)

I want to sing to you, Jehovah (text change: Dir, dir, o Highest, I want to sing - Evangelisches Gesangbuch , 1993) Bartholomäus Crasselius , (1667–1724), in “Geistreiches Gesangbuch”, Hall 1697, melody: Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750

Praise you father and thanks for wine and bread , text: Maria Luise Thurmair (1973/1975), melody: Caspar Ulenberg (1582)

You, father, can hear the hymn of praise , text: Heinrich Bone 1847 / Friedrich Kienecker 1973, melody: Nikolaus Decius (1523) 1525 after the glory of the Missa Lux et origo

Dona nobis pacem , text: from the early church Agnus Dei , canon for 3 voices, handed down orally

Dreifaltiger Verborgner Gott , text: Friedrich Dörr 1969, melody: Kempten around 1000, alternative melody: Come, Heilger Geist, who creates life

You are the breath of eternity , text: Thomas Laubach , Thomas Nesgen, Winfried Pilz , melody: Thomas Nesgen

You are, Lord, my light and my freedom , text: Kurt Rose , 1983, melody: Nordic folk song

You messenger of God sent out , text: Fulda 1975, melody: after Michael Vehe 1537 and Innsbruck 1588

Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ , text: Jakob Ebert , 1601, melody: by Bartholomäus Gesius , 1601

You go to pray in the garden , Johann Mentzer , 1658–1734

You shine from God's glories , Ambrose of Milan

Du Gott der Liebe, Friedensheld , text: Erich Griebling , 1969 based on O God of love, o God of peace by Henry Williams Baker , 1868, melody: Swedish Choral Book, 1697

Du Gottesmann in difficult times , text: Paderborn 1767 / Maria Luise Thurmair 1972, melody: Paderborn 1965

You God man are flesh and blood , text: Cologne 1799, melody: Cologne 1832, alternative melody: My baptismal covenant should always be fixed

You great mistress, most beautiful woman , text: O gloriosa Domina , 7. – 8. Century, transmission: Münsterschwarzach Abbey, melody: after Paschasius Reinigus 1586, alternative melody: God, Lord of all creation

You great man of sorrows , text: Adam Thebesius , (1652) 1663, melody: Martin Jan , (1652) 1663

You have turned my lamentations into dancing , text: based on Psalm 30: 12-13, melody: Johannes Falk

You called me, Lord, to you , text and melody: Otmar Schulz , (1974) 1978

You have, oh Lord, your life , text: 1st stanza Cologne (1880), 2nd stanza Petronia Steiner (1945), melody: Melchior Teschner (1613/1614)

You gave us your world , text: Rolf Krenzer , 1984, melody: Detlev Jöcker , 1984

You have called us, Lord, text and melody: Kurt Rommel , 1967

You have connected us, Lord, in you , text: Walter Heinecke , 1968, melody: O that I had a thousand tongues , by Johann Balthasar König , 1738

You fed us body and soul , text: Thomas Blarer , around 1533/1534, melody: What my God wants, that gscheh always by Claudin de Sermisy , 1529

You have for your Last Supper , text: Arno Pötzsch , (1941) 1947, melody: Gotthold Veigel , 1951/1988

You, Lord, have chosen it for you , text: based on Aptata, virgo, lampade , anonymous, 14th century, translation: Antiphonale for the Liturgy of the Hours 1979, melody: William Knapp

You highest light, you eternal glow , text: Johannes Zwick , around 1541/1545, melody I: 15th century, melody II: All tomorrow is fresh and new by Johann Walter , 1541

You can't fall any deeper , text: Arno Pötzsch , 1941, melody: Hans Georg Bertram , 1986

You child, at this sacred time , text: Jochen Klepper , 1938, melody: Volker Gwinner , 1970

You king on the throne of the cross , text: Hildesheim 1736 / Heinrich Bone 1879, melody: Hildesheim 1736 / Cologne 1844

You let the day, oh God, end now , text: Raymund Weber (1st to 5th stanza: 1989/2010 after The day Thou gavest by John Ellerton, 1870, 6th and 7th stanza: 2009), melody: Clement Cotterill Scholefield (1874)

You light of heaven, great God , text: according to Deus qui coeli lumen es , 5. – 6. Century, translation: Friedrich Dörr 1978, melody: after Johann Leisentrit 1584, Erhard Quack 1941, alternative melody: Christ, you light

You light from the light , text: Bernardin Schellenberger based on the early Christian hymn Phos hilaron , melody and movement: André Gouzes

You my soul, sing , text: Paul Gerhardt , 1653, melody: Johann Georg Ebeling , 1666

You morning star, you light from light , text: Johann Gottfried Herder (before 1800) edited after 1817, melody I: Stand up, you little children , 15th century, melody II: Praise God, the Lord of glory by Loys Bourgeois , 1551

You call us, Lord, to your table , text: Johannes Jourdan (1969), melody: Andreas Lehmann (1969)

You give us the bread , text: Helga Mondschein, melody: Wilhelm Kümpel

You beautiful tree of life , text: Dieter Trautwein / Vilmos Gyöngyösi , 1974 based on the Hungarian Paradicsomnar te szép èlö fája by Imre Pécseli Király before 1641, melody: Klausenburg, 1744

You creator of all beings , text: Otto Riethmüller , 1934 based on the hymn Deus, creator omnium of Ambrosius of Milan , around 386, melody: Otto Riethmüller, 1934

You are silent, sir , text: Maria Luise Thurmair 1959/1972, melody: Bertold Hummel 1965

You sun of justice , text: Iam, Christe, sol iustitiae 6th century, translation: Münsterschwabach abbey, melody: after Einsiedeln 12th century, Milanese hymn 14th century

You distribute it with your hands , text: Lothar Zenetti , melody: Kurt Grahl

You are making the way of life known , text: Bernt von Heiseler based on Psalm 16, verse 11, 1953, melody: Paul Ernst Ruppel , 1954, based on the melody Now thanks all and bring honor by Johann Crüger , 1653

You're drawing a street of light , text: Claus-Peter März , melody: Kurt Grahl

Adam's fall completely corrupted , text: Lazarus Spengler , melody: Wittenberg, 1529

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Honor to father and son , from the Strasbourg hymn book , 1547
Glory, glory to God on high! , Franz Schubert , 1797–1828, Deutsche Messe - D 872
Glory to you, Christe , who suffered hardship , text: stanza 1 Salzburg around 1350, stanza 2–3 Hermann Bonnus , 1542, melody: Salzburg around 1350
Glory to God on high , text: Luke 2 verse 14, canon for 4 voices: Ludwig Ernst Gebhardi , around 1830
A messenger comes who promises salvation , text: Peter Gerloff 2010, melody: Wittenberg 1529
A song of thanks be to the Lord , text: Guido Maria Dreves 1886, melody: Josef Venantius von Wöss 1928
A strong castle is our God , text and melody Martin Luther , 1529
A house full of glory looks , text: 1st stanza: Joseph Hermann Mohr 1875, 2nd – 5th Verse. Hans W. Marx (1972) 1975, melody: Joseph Hermann Mohr, 1876
A little lamb goes and is to blame , text: Paul Gerhardt , 1647, melody: Wolfgang Dachstein , 1525
Joy came up with a song , text: Hartmut Handt , 1985, melody: Nis-Edwin List-Petersen , 1986
A pure heart, Lord, create in me , text: Heinrich Georg Neuss , 1703, melody: O Jesus Christe, true light Nuremberg, 1676/1854
A ship that calls itself a community , text and melody: Martin Gotthard Schneider , 1963
A beautiful rose in the holy land , text: Laurentius von Schnüffis (Dillingen) 1692, melody: Clausener Gesangbuch (Trier) 1653
A true belief in God's wrath quenches , text: Nikolaus Herman , (1560) 1562, melody: Praise God, the Lord of glory by Loys Bourgeois , 1551
Good news spreads , text and melody: Martin Gotthard Schneider , 1975
A big city arises , text: Silja Walter (1965) 1966/1995, melody: Johann Anton Saladin (1965/1972) 1975
A quiet night , text: from Compline , canon for 4 voices by Christian Lahusen , (1946) 1948
It's one that we cling to , text: Albert Knapp , (1822) 1824, melody: Wake up, the voice of Philipp Nicolai calls us , 1599

“One thing is necessary!” Oh Lord, this one , text: Johann Heinrich Schröder , 1695, melody: Adam Krieger , 1657

I wish for one thing above all else , text: Albert Knapp , 1829 in the new version by Detlev Block , 1991, melody: Brüdergemeine , after 1735

Angels sing in the fields , text: France, 18th century as Les Anges dans nos campagnes , translation: Maria Luise Thurmair 1954, melody: France, 18th century, set: Theophil Rothenberg , 1983

Earth and Heaven should sing , text: stanza 1–2 Paul Ernst Ruppel , 1957 based on the hymn Corde natus ex patentis by Aurelius Prudentius Clemens , around 405, stanza 3 Paulus Stern , 1961, melody: Paul Ernst Ruppel, 1957 based on the Spiritual Singing with a sword in my hands, Lord

Earth, sing that it sounds , text: after Johannes von Geissel (1837) 1842, 3rd stanza: Speyer 1864, melody: to Cologne 1741

It is the bread, it is the wine , text: Eckart Bücken , 1980, melody: Joachim Schwarz , 1980

He is risen, Hallelujah! , Text: Ulrich S. Leupold , 1969 based on the Swahili song Mfurahini, Haleluya by Bernhard Kyamanywa , 1966, melody: from the Haya in NW Tanzania

Have mercy, have mercy on me , text: Maria Luise Thurmair (1972) 1975 based on Psalm 51, melody: Caspar Ulenberg

Rejoice, heaven, rejoice earth , text: 1st and 6th stanza: to Strasbourg 1672, 2nd – 5th stanza Verse: Maria Luise Thurmair 1963 based on Psalm 148, melody: Augsburg 1669 / Bamberg 1691

Sublime Trinity , text: after Adesto, sancta Trinitas before the 10th century, translation: Münsterschwabach Abbey, melody: after Bartholomäus Gesius 1603, alternative melody : Lord Jesus Christ, you turn to us

Keep us, Lord, by your word , text and melody: Martin Luther , 1543

If he rises, our God , text: Matthias Jorissen , 1798, melody: O man, weep for your sins greatly by Matthäus Greiter , 1525

Listen, oh God, my supplication , text: attributed to Edith Stein 1936, 1957/1967 based on Psalm 61, melody: Roman Schleischitz 2009

Encourage yourselves, you pious ones , text: Lorenz Lorenzen , 1700, melody: Warmly do me delight Wittenberg, 1545

Encourage yourself, my weak spirit , text: Johann Rist , 1607–1667, melody: Johann Schop , 1641

Renew me, oh eternal light , text: Johann Friedrich Ruopp , 1704, melody: O Jesus Christe, true light , Nuremberg, 1676/1854

The glorious day was published , text and melody: Nikolaus Herman , 1560

The holy Christ was created , text: Böhmische Brüder , 1544, based on a German version Engelberg, 1372, from Surrexit Christus hodie , 13./14. Century, melody: 14th century

He wakes me up every morning , text: Jochen Klepper , 1938, melody: Rudolf Zöbeley , 1941

It is therefore the day's glow , text: Michael Weisse , 1531, melody: 15th century, Bohemian Brothers , 1531

It is salvation and we come here , text: Paul Speratus , 1523, melody: Mainz around 1390, Nuremberg 1523/1524

A rose has sprung up , text: verse 1–2: Mainz around 1587/88, verse 3–4: from Fridrich Kayriz , 1844, melody: Speyerer Gesangbuch, Cologne 1599

A rose has sprung , text underlay: Fritz Jöde , 1926, canon for 4 voices: Melchior Vulpius , (before 1615) 1620

A word has been said, Arno Pötzsch

A time has come for us , text: verse 1: carol songfrom the Lucerne Wiggertal , verse 2–9: Maria Wolters , 1957, melody: carol song from the Lucerne Wiggertal

It is definitely about time , text: Bartholomäus Ringwaldt based on the sequence Dies irae, dies illa , 12th century and a German song around 1565, melody: Martin Luther , 1529

There is no salvation in any other , text: verse 1: Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen , 1714, verse 2: Otto Brodde , 1971, melody: Heinrich Schütz , 1628

The Lord knows his people , text: Philipp Spitta , 1843, melody: I know what I believe in by Heinrich Schütz , 1628/1661

A song sounds through the times from afar , text: Claus-Peter März , melody: Kurt Grahl

A ship is coming, loaded Text: Daniel Sudermann around 1626 based on a Marian song from Strasbourg / Alsace 15th century, melody: Andernacher Gesangbuch, Cologne 1608

It may all fall , text: Rudolf Alexander Schröder , (1936) 1939, melody: Paul Geilsdorf , 1940

Let it bless and protect , text: Blessing from the liturgy, canon for 3 voices: Hermann Stern , around 1960

It will be in the last few days , text: Walter Schulz , 1963/1967, 1st and 2nd stanza after Micha 4,1-3, melody: Manfred Schlenker , 1985

May God have mercy on us , text: Martin Luther , melody: 15th century

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My baptismal covenant should always be firm , Christoph Bernhard Verspoell , 1810, melody: Chrysanth Josef Bierbaum , 1826, 2nd and 3rd stanza: Johannes Pinsk

Fire, flaming fire! , Text and melody: Dorothee Breyer

Flow, you eyes, flow with tears , Laurentius Laurenti , 1660–1722

Freedom, which I mean, is not a silhouette , text: Christian Heinrich Zeller (1779–1860), melody: Karl August Groos , 1818

Rejoice, you heavenly queen , text: after Konstanz 1600 after Regina caeli , 12th century, melody: Konstanz 1600

Freu dich, Erd und Sternenzelt , text: stanzas 1 , 2 and 5: Leitmeritz, 1844, based on a Christmas carol from Bohemia, stanzas 3 and 4: Johannes Pröger , around 1950, melody: Bohemia, 15th century

Rejoice, redeemed Christianity , text: Mainz 1768, melody: Limburg 1838

Be very happy, oh my soul , text: by Christoph Demantius , 1620, melody: Loys Bourgeois , 1551

Rejoice everyone, the Lord is here! , Text: Jacob Bürthel , in English with Isaac Davis , melody: Georg Friedrich Handel , 1741

Rejoice in the beautiful earth , text: Philipp Spitta , 1833, melody: Frieda Fronmüller , 1928

Rejoice, all of you Christians, rejoice whoever can , text: Christian Keimann , 1646, melody: Andreas Hammerschmidt , 1646

Rejoice in Herren Allewege , text: Jochen Klepper , melody: Friedrich Hofmann , 1981/1982

Friends, that the almond branch blooms and drifts again , text: Schalom Ben-Chorin , 1981, melody: Fritz Baltruweit , 1981

Rejoice, you Christians, everyone, God gives us his son , text: Georg Werner , 1639, melody: “Move in to your gates” by Johann Crüger , 1653

Rejoice, dear Christians , text: Leipzig, 1582, melody: Leonhart Schröter , 1587

Rejoice, all of you dear Christians , text: Prague, 1612, melody: Bartholomäus Gesius , 1605

My heart should jump happily , text: Paul Gerhardt , 1653, melody: Johann Crüger , 1653

Happy we all now begin the church service with a sound , text: Zacchaeus Faber the Elder , 1601, melody: Strasbourg, 1538

Early in the morning when the sun rises , text: Johann Heermann , 1630, melody: "The glorious day has appeared" by Nikolaus Herman , 1560

Five Fountains are , 1672

For all the saints in glory , text: Günter Balders (1998) / Christoph Bächtold (2001) 2004 based on For all the Saints by William Walsham How 1864, melody: Ralph Vaughan Williams 1906

Do not be afraid, caught in your fear , text and melody: Fritz Baltruweit , 1981

Verily the Lord himself bore , Johannes Olearius (1611–1684)

Indeed, he carried our illness , text: Eugen Eckert (1986) 1987, according to Isaiah 52: 13-53, 12, melody: from Chile

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In memory of us, O Lord , text: Beatitudes Matthew 5, 3–10, melody: Kiev, 17th century
Geduldigs Lämmlein, Jesu Christ , Johannes Scheffler , 1624–1677
Hail, Queen , text: Johann Georg Seidenbusch 1698, Mainz 1712, melody: Mainz 1712
Go out, my heart, and look for Freud , text: Paul Gerhardt , 1653, melody: August Harder , before 1813
Go under grace , Manfred Siebald
Enter your peace , text: verse 1: Helmut König , 1957, based on a song from Israel, verse 2: Christine Heuser , 1966, melody: Helmut König , 1957
Go into all the world , text: Matthew 28 verse 19, melody: Ecumenical version 1983 based on a Gregorian responsory breve model
Let's go in peace , text: from Tanzania, melody: Philadelphia 1864
Go there, you believing thoughts , Johann G. Herrmann , 1707–1791
Spirit of Faith, Spirit of Strength , text: Philipp Spitta , melody: O breakthrough of all ties , Halle, 1704
Praise be to the Lord , text: Johannes Olearius , 1671, melody: “Now thank all God” by Martin Rinckart , (around 1630) 1636
Praise be to you, Jesus Christ , text: verse 1: Medingen, around 1380, verse 2–7: Martin Luther , 1524, melody: Medingen, around 1460
Praise be to your loyalty , text: Gerhard Fritzsche , 1938, melody: Johannes Petzold , 1938
Praise be to God in the highest throne , text: Michael Weisse , 1531, melody: Melchior Vulpius , 1609
Praise be to God in all the world , text: Maria Luise Thurmair 1970, melody: Erhard Quack 1970, alternative melody : The Spirit of the Lord fills all
Praised be Jesus Christ forever , text: Hildesheim 1736 / Heinrich Bone 1879, melody: Hildesheim 1736 / Cologne 1844
Praise be to you, Lord Jesus Christ , Joseph Venantius von Wöss
Has ascended to heaven , text: in Bartholomäus Gesius , 1601 after Coelos ascendit hodie , 16th century, melody: Melchior Franck , 1627

Be satisfied and be quiet , text: Paul Gerhardt , 1666/1667, melody: Jakob Hintze , 1670

Give peace, Lord, give peace , text: Jürgen Henkys , the Dutch Geef Vrede, Heer, geef Vrede by Jan Nooter , 1963, melody: Command you your ways by Bartholomäus Gesius , 1603

Give us peace every day , text: verse 1: Rüdeger Lüders , 1963, verse 2–3: Kurt Rommel , 1963, melody: Rüdeger Lüders, 1963

Giff Freden uns, du Gnaadengott , text: Low German Celle, 1989, based on the antiphon Da pacem domini , 9th century, melody: Verleih uns Frieden by Martin Luther , 1529, ecumenical version, 1973

Living faithfully in everyday life , text: Barbara Stühlmeyer , 2007, melody: Ludger Stühlmeyer , 2007

As you can believe , text: Helmut Schlegel , 2009, melody: Joachim Raabe , 2009

I want to believe, living God , text: Helmut Schlegel , 2008, melody: Joachim Raabe , 2009

Like a deer with desire , Bartholomäus Helder , 1635?

Just as my father sent me , text: John 20 verse 21, melody: Paul Ernst Ruppel , 1963

Gloria, glory to God and peace to the people of his grace , text and melody: Kathi Stimmer-Salzeder (1992/2008) after the Gloria

The Glorious Queen, Heavenly Woman , text: Alfonso Maria de Liguori , translation: Johann Emmanuel Veit, Vienna 1820, melody: Rücker's hymn book, Breslau 1844

God the Father help us , text: Martin Luther , 1524 based on a German litany, 15th century, melody: Halberstadt, around 1500, Wittenberg, 1524

God of heaven and earth , text and melody: Heinrich Albert , 1642

God gave us breath so that we could live , text: Eckart Bücken , 1982, melody: Fritz Baltruweit , 1982

God has the first word , text: Markus Jenny , 1970 based on the Dutch God heeft het eerste woord by Ian Wit , 1965, melody: Gerard Kremer , (1959) 1965

God, holy creator of all stars , text: Thomas Müntzer (1523) based on Conditor alme siderum (10th century), melody: Kempten (around 1000)

Praise and honor to God in the height , text: after the Gloria , melody: Augsburg (1659)

God on high, glory be to you alone because of your power , text: W. Haunschild, melody: K. May

God is love itself , Johann Peter Uz , 1720–1796

God is threefold , text: Maria Luise Thurmair 1943, melody: Geneva (1539) 1542

God is present , text: Gerhard Tersteegen , (before 1727) 1729, melody: Miraculous King by Joachim Neander , 1680

God is faithful , Ehrenfried Liebich , 1713–1780

God is my greatest good , Johannes Olearius (1611–1684)

God loves this world , text and melody: Walter Schulz , 1962/1970

Praise God, Sunday is coming , text: Johann Olearius , 1671, melody: The glorious day was published by Nikolaus Herman , 1560

Praise God, a new church year , Heinrich Cornelius Hecker , 1699–1743

Praise God, my Jesus makes me clean , Johannes Olearius (1611–1684)

Praise God in silence , text: Günter Balders 1984, melody: Huugo Nyberg 1903

God is still calling. Shouldn't I finally hear , text: Gerhard Tersteegen , 1735, melody: How wonderfully you reveal yourself, Lord, by Guillaume Franc , 1542, Loys Bourgeois , 1551

God calls his people together , text: Friedrich Dörr (1972) 1975, melody: Geneva (1539) 1542

Thank God through all the world , text: Heinrich Held , 1658, melody I: "Now come, the Heiden Heiland", from: " Geistliches Gesangbüchlein ", Wittenberg 1524, melody II: Frankfurt am Main, 1659, Halle, 1704, at Johann Georg Stötzel , 1744

God be praised by you , text: Maria Luise Thurmair 1972, melody: Erhard Quack 1971, alternative melody: I want to praise the gentlemen

God be praised and given , text: stanza 1: Medingen, around 1350, stanzas 2–3: Martin Luther , 1524, melody: Mainz, around 1390, Wittenberg, 1524

Thank you God the Father, text: David Denicke , 1652, melody: Lord, how wonderfully you recognize yourself by Guillaume Franc , 1542 / Loys Bourgeois , 1551

God Father, you have your name , text: Jochen Klepper , 1941, melody: Johannes Petzold , 1948

God the Father, hear our request , text: Johann Bornschürer , 1676, melody: I hoped in you, Lord , Bohemia, 15th century

God promises: I want to bless you , text: Genesis 12 verse 2, melody: Volker Ochs , around 1980

God lives in a light , text: Jochen Klepper , 1938, melody: Strasbourg, 1539, Guillaume Franc , 1542

God, Lord of all creation , text: Ernst Hofmann, (1971) 1975, melody: Praise God, the Lord of glory by Loys Bourgeois , 1551

God, your good blessing , text: Reinhard Bäcker, melody: Detlev Jöcker

God, who created all life , text: Detlev Block , 1978, melody: O Jesus Chrsite, true light , Nuremberg, 1676/1854

Gott, der du Berg und Hügel , text: Harzer Gesangbuch Clausthal, 1698, melody: From the bottom of my heart , 16th century

God, the Lord be highly praised , text: Helmut Richter 1943, melody: Bamberg 1732 / by Melchior Ludolf Herold 1808

God in his own image , text: God die in het begin by Huub Osterhuis 1964, translation: Nikolaus Greitemann and Peter Pawlowsky 1967, melody: after Johann Crüger 1653, alternative melody: I want to praise the gentlemen

God, he'll do it , Ernst Stockmann , 1634–1712

God, earth and heaven and the sea , Bohemian brothers

God, holy creator of all stars , text: Thomas Müntzer , 1523 based on the hymn Conditor alme siderum , 10th century, melody: Kempten, around 1000

God, my God, why did you leave me , text and melody: Friedemann Gottschick

God, our origin, master of space , text: Walter Schulz / Jürgen Henkys , (1982) 1984 based on the English Great God, our source and Lord of space by George Utech , (1964) 1969, melody: Gerhard M. Cartford , ( 1964) 1969

God because he is tall , text: Johann Scheffler , 1657, canon for 4 voices: Johannes Petzold , 1946

God, we entrust you with these people , text and melody: Norbert M. Becker 1999

God's creatures come in abundance , text: Karl Budde , 1929 based on the English All creatures of our God and king by William Henry Draper , (before 1919) 1926 based on the Canticle of the Sun by Francis of Assisi , 1225, melody: Cologne, 1623

God's good blessings be with you , text: Rolf Krenzer , melody: Siegfried Fietz

God's lamb, Lord Jesus Christ , text and melody: Erhard Quack 1945

God's love is like the sun , canon for 3 voices by Herbert Beuerle , 1984, melody: Frankfurt am Main, 1970

God's love is like the sun , text and melody: Frankfurt am Main, 1970

God's day of rest , text: Kurt Rose , 1987, melody: Joachim Schwarz , 1987

God's Son has come , text: Michael Weisse ( Bohemian Brothers ), 1544, melody: Ave hierarchia , Hohenfurt, 1410

God's star, shine us , text and melody: Christoph Biskupek and Oliver Sperling (1998)

The Son of God and Mary , Kaspar Neumann , 1648–1715

God's word is like light in the night , text: Hans-Hermann Bittger 1938, melody: Joseph Jacobsen 1935

Deity deeply hidden , Thomas Aquinas , 13th century, melody: France 17th / 18th century Century

My soul lets the Lord be great , text: Martin Schraufstetter according to Luke 1,46-55, melody: Martin Schraufstetter

Great God, we praise you , text: Ignaz Franz , 1768 based on Te deum laudamus , 4th century, melody: Lüneburg, 1668, “Allgemeine Gesangbuch”, Vienna, 1775, Leipzig, 1819

Great prophet, my heart desires , Joachim Neander , 1650–1680

Greetings, you holy, always virgin , text: Max Eham 1966, melody: to Einsiedeln 1773 or local custom

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Hands that give tell about God , text: Claus-Peter März , melody: Kurt Grahl
Alleluia! Risen from the dark grave bands , text: Tillmanns Gesangbuch 1802, melody: Hermann Ignaz Knievel 1840
Alleluia. First seek God's kingdom in this world , text: stanzas 1–6: orally based on the English Seek ye first the kingdom of the Lord , stanzas 7–9: Gerhard Hopfer , 1975, melody: from the USA, 20th century
Hold in the memory of Jesus Christ , text: Cyriakus Günther , (before 1704) 1714, melody: Lord, be highly praised for your word by Johann Walter , 1524
Hold on to me, good God , text: Rolf Krenzer , melody: Ludger Edelkötter
Wait, my soul , text: Johann Friedrichräder , 1848, melody: César Malan , 1827
Heilger Geist, you spirit of truth , text: Friedrich Hüttemann 1945 / Friedrich Kienecker 1973, melody: Melchior Ludolf Herold
Heilger Geist, du Tröster mein , text: Martin Moller , 1584 based on the sequence Veni sancte spiritus et emitte by Stephan Langton , around 1200, melody: 15th century, Bremen 1633
Heilger Norbert, Gottes Streiter , text: Xanten 1919 / Stefan Ulrich Kling 1984, melody: Stefan Ulrich Kling 1984
Holy Cross, be highly venerated , text: Passau 1866, melody: Leitmeritz 1846
Holy, holy, holy, holy is the Lord , Franz Schubert , 1797–1828. Deutsche Messe - D872
Holy Hedwig, shield your people , text and melody: Johannes Theissing
Holiest night ! , Text: Münster 1810 to Salzburg 1783, melody: Münster 1810
Come here, o you believers , text: Friedrich Heinrich Ranke , around 1823 after the Adeste fideles by John Francis Wade and Étienne-Jean-François Borderies , around 1750, melody: John Francis Wade (?), Around 1750
Herr Christ, I am yours , text: Christiana Cunrad , (before 1625) 1644, melody: Augsburg, 1621
Herr Christ, the unified son of God , text: Elisabeth Cruciger , 1524, melody: 15th century, spiritual Erfurt 1524
Lord God, who investigate me , David Denicke , 1603–1680
Lord God, we all praise you , Philipp Melanchthon ?, Melody: Genevan Psalter, 1551
Lord God, we praise you , text and melody: Martin Luther , 1529 after the Te deum laudamus , 4th century
Lord God, give us our daily bread , text: Arno Pötzsch , 1948, melody: Johannes Petzold , 1951
Lord God, be you praised (song at the beginning of the year 1597) , Anton Praetorius , melody: "Herr Christ der Einig Gottes Sohn", 1597
Lord Jesus Christ, your precious blood , Johannes Olearius (1611–1684)
Lord Jesus Christ, turn to us , text: Wilhelm von Sachsen-Weimar 1648, melody: Gochsheim / Redwitz 1628 / Görlitz 1648
Lord Jesus Christ, you highest good , text: Chemnitz, 1753, melody: Görlitz, 1587
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God , David Behme , 1605–1657
Lord Jesus Christ, my faithful shepherd , text: Johann Heermann , 1630, melody: God be praised and given , Mainz, around 1390
Herr Jesu, your fear and torment , text: Plön, 1675 after Tobias Clausnitzer , 1662, melody I: “From deep need”, Johann Walters Gesangbüchlein, Wittenberg, 1524, melody II: Herr Jesu Christ, du highest good , Görlitz, 1587
Lord Jesus, sun of grace , text: Ludwig Andreas Gotter , 1695, melody: Lord Christ, the unified son of God , 15th century
Herr Jesu, Licht der Heiden , Johann Franck , 1674, melody: “I want to give you valet”, Melchior Teschner , 1613
Lord, stay with us , text: Luke 24 verse 29, canon for 3 voices by Albert Thate , 1935
Lord, thy word, the noble gift , text: verse 1: Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf , 1725, verse 2: Christian Gregor , 1778 after Joachim Neander , 1680, melody: O breakthrough of all gangs , Halle, 1704
Lord, your goodness is unlimited , text: Maria Luise Thurmair 1971 based on Psalm 36, melody: Matthäus Greiter 1525
Lord, your goodness extends as far as heaven is , text: refrain and verse 1: Psalm 36 verses 6–9, verses 2–5: Gerhard Valentin , 1965, melody: Herbert Beuerle , 1965
Lord, who used to have your country , text: Paul Gerhardt , 1653, melody: Out of deep need I cry to you by Wolfgang Dachstein , 1524
Lord, the creatures praise you , text: Franz von Assisi , Sonnengesang 1225 / Kurt Rose 1991/1992, melody: after Friedrich Filitz 1847
Lord, the earth is blessed , text: Heinrich Puchta , 1843, melody: O breachers of all bonds , Halle, 1704
Lord, nothing is hidden from you , text: Maria Luise Thurmair (1971) 1973 based on Psalm 139, melody: Caspar Ulenberg 1582
Lord, you are my life , text and melody: Pierangelo Sequeri Tu sei la mia vita 1978, translation: Christoph Biskupek
Lord, you have prayed for it , text and melody: Otmar Schulz , 1967/1971
Lord, you touched me , text: Jürgen Henkys , 1982 after the Norwegian Herre, du har tris meg opp by Svein Ellingsen , (1955) 1978, melody: Trond Kverno , (1968) 1978
Lord, you want to prepare us , text: Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock , 1758, edited by Albert Knapp , 1837, melody: Wake up, the voice of Philipp Nicolai calls us , 1599

Lord, be highly praised for your word , text: David Denicke , 1659, melody: Johann Walter , 1524

Lord, give me the courage to build bridges , text: Kurt Rommel , 1963, melody: Paul Gerhard Walter , 1987

Lord, give us courage to listen , text and melody: Kurt Rommel 1963

Lord, give us your peace , canon for 4 voices by Ludger Edelkötter , 1976

Lord, give us our daily bread , text: Edwin Nievergelt , 1979, melody: Praise God, the Lord of glory by Loys Bourgeois , 1551

Lord, holy love solid ground , text: Maria Pia Hinse, melody: Johann Crüger 1653

Lord, help us heal , text and canon for 3 voices: Matthias Clasen , 1986

Lord, hear, Lord, hear , text: Benjamin Schmolck , 1724, melody: O world, I have to leave you , 15th century

Lord, I am your property , text: 1st verse: Balthasar Münter 1774, 2nd verse: Georg Thurmair , 3rd and 4th verse: Innsbruck 1946, melody: Dresden 1694

Lord, I throw my joy into the sky like birds , text: Fritz Pawelzik , 1977, canon for 3 voices: Fritz Baltruweit , 1983

Lord, let's be close to you , text: Johannes Triebel , 1961, melody: Praise the Lord and thank him for his gifts by Johann Crüger , 1640

Lord, teach us that we must die , text: Lothar Petzold , 1973, melody: Rolf Kroedel , 1973, alternative melody : Gerhard Schnitter 2002

Lord, make the church an instrument of your peace , text: Lothar Zenetti , melody: Götz Wiese , 1992

Lord, make us strong in the courage that professes you , text: verses 1–5 Anna Martina Gottschick , 1972, verse 6: Jürgen Henkys , 1988 based on For all the saints by William Walsham , 1864, melody: Ralph Vaughan Williams , 1906

Lord, take us with you to the Tabor , text: Peter Gerloff 2001, melody: Richard Mailänder 2007, alternative melody : Praise you, Lord Jesus Christ

Lord, now stop the car yourself , text: Huldrych Zwingli , (around 1525) 1536/1537, High German by Friedrich Spitta , m1897, melody: Huldrych Zwingli, 1536/1537

Lord, open the door to my heart , text: Johann Olearius , 1671, verse 3 as well as verse 4 from Herr Jesu Christ, you turn to us , Gotha, 1651, melody: Herr Jesu Christ, you turn to us , Gotha, 1651

Lord, be praised by your servant , text: Maria Luise Thurmair 1940/1970, melody: Erhard Quack 1940

Lord, be praised forever , text: Maria Luise Thurmair 1943, melody: Michael Vehe (Leipzig) 1537

Lord, send your son down to us , text: based on translations of the Latin O-antiphons by David Gregor Corner (1631), Heinrich Bone (1847) and Cologne (1887), melody: by Thomas Helmore (1856) based on a Franciscan melody

Lord, strengthen me to consider your suffering , text: Christian Fürchtegott Gellert , 1757, melody: Herzliebster Jesu, what have you broken by Johann Crüger , 1640 according to Guillaume Franc , 1543 (to Psalm 23 )

Lord our God, do not allow to be put to shame , text: Johann Heermann , 1630, melody: Matthäus Apelles von Löwenstern , 1644

Lord, our Lord, how are you present , text: Huub Osterhuis Heer, onze Heer 1965, translation: Peter Pawlowsky and Nikolaus Greitemann 1969, melody: from the Netherlands

Lord, our ruler, how wonderful you are , text and melody: Johann Petzold , 1975

Lord, two stand before your face , text: Viktor von Strauss and Torney , 1843, melody: Now thank everyone and bring honor by Johann Crüger , 1653, based on Pierre Davantès , 1562 (to Psalm 89)

Lord, when the water threatens us , text: Detlev Block , 1990 after Christian von Stöcken , 1651, melody: When we are in dire straits by Johann Baptista Serranus , 1567

Lord, as you want, send it with me , text: Kaspar Bienemann , (1574) 1682, melody: Out of deep need I cry to you by Wolfgang Dachstein , 1524

Lord, we ask: Come and bless us , text and melody: Peter Strauch , 1979

Lord, we bring in bread and wine , text: Hans Bernhard Meyer (1970), melody: Peter Janssens (1970)

Lord, we listen to your word , text: Maria Luise Thurmair 1959, melody: Heino Schubert 1960

Lord, we are laden with guilt , text: Sursum corda , Paderborn 1874, melody: Melchior Ludolf Herold 1808

Lord, we stand hand in hand , text: Otto Riethmüller , 1932, melody: heaven, earth, air and sea by Georg Christoph Strattner , 1691

Lord, where, Lord, where should we go , text: John 6 verse 68, canon for 3 voices by Alfred Stier , 1949

Herz Jesu, God's sacrificial fire , text: Franz Johannes Weinrich 1934, melody: Adolf Lohmann 1934

Heart and heart united together , text: Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf , (1723) 1725, edited by Christian Gregor , 1778, melody: 17th century, spiritual Bamberg 1732

I love you dearly, sir , Martin Schalling , (1569) 1571, melody: from the “Organ Book”, Strasbourg 1577

I warmly enjoy the dear summer time , text: Johann Walter , 1552, verse 9: Dresden, 1557, melody: Wittenberg 1545, spiritual Wittenberg, 1552

Dearest of Jesus, what have you broken , text: Johann Heermann , 1630, melody: Johann Crüger , 1640

Today dear Christianity sings , text: Detlev Block , 1985 after the transmission of the hymn Dicimus grates tibi by Philipp Melanchthon , (1539) 1543 by Nikolaus Herman , 1560, melody: 16th century, spiritual Nuremberg around 1555

Today God's Son triumphs , text: Kaspar Stolzhagen , 1591, melody from Bartholomäus Gesius , 1601

Today God's glory , text and melody appeared: Jubilate , Kolmar 1943, alternative melody : Divinity deeply hidden

Hevenu schalom alejchem ( We wish you all peace ), text and melody from Israel

Help, Lord Jesus, let it succeed , text: Johann Rist , 1642, melody: Johann Schop , 1642

Help, Lord of my life , text: Gustav Lohmann , 1962, verse 3: Markus Jenny , 1970, melody: Hans Puls , 1962

Help us, Lord, in all things , Martin Rinckart , 1586–1649

Hillige Geist, kumm un fast mi , text: Low German Celle, 1988, based on the Finnish Kosketa minua, henki by Pia Perkiö , 1978, melody: Ilkka Kuusisto , 1979

Heaven, earth, air and sea , text: Joachim Neander , 1680, melody: Georg Christoph Strattner , 1691

Himmelsau, light and blue , text: Dresden, 1767, melody: Luxemburg, 1847

The sun is shining down , text: Nikolaus Herman , 1560, melody: Melchior Vulpius , 1609

The Lord lifts up my heart and soul , text: Fritz Enderlin , 1952, melody: How wonderfully you give, Lord, to recognize yourself by Guillaume Franc , 1542, Loys Bourgeois , 1551

Praise be to our God , text: Maria Luise Thurmair 1985 based on Luke 1.68-79 (Benedictus), melody: Guillaume Franc 1543, Lyon 1547 and Geneva 1551

Hope against all hope , text and melody: Heinz Martin Lonquich , 1937–2014

Wood on Jesus' shoulder , text: Jürgen Henkys , (1975) 1977 based on the Dutch “Met de boom des levens” by Willem Barnard , 1963, melody: Ignace de Sutter , 1964

Hear the song of the dark night , text and melody: Erhard Anger 1973

Hear the angel bright songs , text: Otto Abel , 1954 based on the French Les Anges dans nos campagnes , 18th century, melody: France, 18th century

Hear the angel choirs sing , Charles Wesley

Hear, a bright voice calls , text: after Vox clara ecce intonat , 10th century at the latest, translation: Münsterschwarzach Abbey, melody: Christian Dostal 2007, alternative melody: God, holy creator of all stars

Hear, it sings and sounds with noise , text: Markus Jenny (1971) based on Quem pastores laudavare (15th century), melody: Hohenfurt (around 1450) / Prague (1541)

Hosanna , text: Matthew 21 verse 9, canon for 4 voices: Jacques Berthier , 1978

Hosanna, David's son , Benjamin Schmolck , 1672–1737

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I pray to the power of love , text: Gerhard Tersteegen , melody: Dimitri Bortnianski , 1822

I am a guest on earth , text: Paul Gerhardt , 1666/1667, melody: O head full of blood and wounds by Hans Leo Hassler , 1601

I am baptized in your name , text: Johann Jakob Rambach , 1735, melody: O that I had a thousand tongues with Johann Balthasar König , 1738

I am baptized and consecrated to God , text: Friedrich Dörr 1970, melody: Caspar Ulenberg 1603

I am written in heaven , JD Heuse ,? –1753

I thank you through your son , text: Leipzig, 1586, melody: My first feeling is praise and thanks around 1570, with Michael Praetorius , 1610

Thank you for your death , Johann Scheffler , 1624–1677, melody: “From deep need”, Johann Walther's song booklet, Wittenberg 1524

I lift up to you, Lord , Paul Gerhardt , 1607–1676

I am happy in the gentlemen , text and melody: Bartholomäus Helder , (before 1635) 1646/1648

I am happy in you , Caspar Ziegler , 1648, melody: “Now all thanks to God”, Johann Crüger , 1648

I am one of them , text: Kurt Rose , 1983, melody: Herbert Beuerle , 1983

I believe in the father , text and melody: Markus Pytlik

I believe in God the Father , text: Apostles' Creed , melody: Strasbourg, 1525, revised 1992

I believe in God the Father , text: Apostolic Creed , melody: Eastern Church, established in 1989

I believe that the saints , text: Philipp Friedrich Hiller , 1731, melody: God brought me this far by Peter Sohren, 1668

I greet you on the trunk of the cross , text: Valentin Ernst Löscher , 1722, melody: O man, weep for your sin great by Matthäus Greiter , 1525

I have now found the reason , text: Johann Andreas Rothe , (before 1722) 1727, melody: O that I had a thousand tongues with Johann Balthasar König , 1738

I have given my property to God , text: Johann Leon , 1589

I lift my eyes longingly , text: Cornelius Becker , 1602, melody: When we are in dire straits by Johann Baptista Serranus , 1567

I'm lying, sir, in your hat , text: Jochen Klepper , 1938, melody: Fritz Werner , 1951

I praise you with all my soul , text: Friedrich Konrad Hiller , 1711, melody: Now say thanks and praise the gentlemen by Guillaume Franc , 1543 / Loys Bourgeois , 1551

I praise my God, who brings me from the depths , text: Hans-Jürgen Netz , 1979, melody: Christoph Lehmann , 1979

I praise my God with all my heart , text: based on Psalm 9, 2–3, melody: Claude Fraysse , 1976

I would like someone to go with me , text and melody: Hanns Köbler , 1964

I want to have faith , text and melody: Eberhard Borrmann , 1977

I call to you, Lord Jesus Christ , text: Johannes Agricola (?), Around 1526/1527, melody: Hagenau, around 1526/1527

I sing you with heart and mouth , text: Paul Gerhardt , 1653, melody: “Harmonischer Liederschatz”, Frankfurt 1738

I sing you with heart and mouth , text: after Paul Gerhardt , 1653, canon for 4 voices based on a melody by Johann Crüger by Herbert Beuerle , 1963

I'm standing at your crib here , text: Paul Gerhardt , 1653, melody: Johann Sebastian Bach , 1736, melody II: “It is certainly about time”, 15th century, Geistlich Wittenberg, 1529

I am in my master's hand , text: Philipp Spitta , 1833, melody: Where the Lord God does not stop with us , Wittenberg, 1529

I stand before you empty-handed, sir , text: Lothar Zenetti , 1974, based on the Dutch Ik sta voor U by Huub Oosterhuis 1964, melody: Bernard Huijbers , 1964

I know, my God, that everything I do , text: Paul Gerhardt , 1653, melody: 16th century, Dresden, 1608

I know what I believe in , text: Ernst Moritz Arndt , 1819, melody: Heinrich Schütz , 1628/1661

I will sing to the Lord all my life , text: Psalm 104 verse 33, canon for 3 voices by Johannes Petzold , 1969

I want to praise the Lord always , text: Psalm 34 verse 2, canon for 3 voices by Georg Philipp Telemann , around 1735

I want to love you, my strength , text: Johann Scheffler , 1657, melody (possibly): with Johann Balthasar König , 1738; (Catholic): Georg Joseph 1657

I want to thank you, Lord , text: Psalm 108 verses 4–6, melody: Paul Ernst Ruppel , 1964

I want as long as I live , text: Cornelius Becker , 1602, verse 5: Christhard Mahrenholz , 1953, melody: Heinrich Schütz , 1628

I want to go to my father , text: Lotte Denkhaus , 1975, melody: Dieter Trautwein , 1976

I want me to be at home , text: after Heinrich Laufenberg , 1430, melody: Strasbourg, 1430

You Christians, rejoice! , Text: Speyer 1941 after Johann Samuel Diterich 1765, Melody: after Johann Leisentrit 1584 / Erhard Quack 1941

You Christians, sing with joy , text: Christoph Moufang based on O filii et filiae by Jean Tisserand before 1494, 1865, melody: Paris 1623

All of you angels, praise Jesus a thousand times , text and melody: based on the Mainz Cantual 1715

Yours, friends of God all too equal , text: to Cologne 1623, melody: unit songs 1947 after Michael Vehe 1537 and Innsbruck 1588

Your little children, come , text: Christoph von Schmid , (1808/10) 1811, melody: Johann Abraham Peter Schulz , 1794, spiritual Gütersloh, 1832

Dear Christians, rejoice now , text: Erasmus Alber , 1546, melody: Stand up, you dear little children , 15th century, spiritual with Nikolaus Herman , 1560

You will receive the power of the Holy Spirit , text: Acts 1 verse 8, melody and canon for 3 voices: Paul Ernst Ruppel , 1964

In peace yours, oh my lord , text: Friedrich Spitta , 1898 based on a song for the praise of Simeon (Luke 2:29–32) by Johannes Anglicus (Johann Englisch) before 1530, melody: Wolfgang Dachstein , before 1530

Reaping with joy, those who sow with tears , text: Thomas Laubach based on Psalm 126,5, melody: Thomas Quast

In the east the sun steps on its golden path , text: Morning prayer of the church, melody: Kurt Grahl

Immanuel, the Lord, is here , Heinrich Cornelius Hecker , 1699–1743

In all my actions , text: Paul Fleming , (1633) 1642, melody: O world, I have to leave you , 15th century

In Christ there is neither east nor west , text: John Oxenham , 1924, German verse 1–3 Hamburg, 1971, verse 4 Samuel Rothenberg , melody: William Croft , 1708

In the gentlemen rejoice , text: Kurt Müller-Osten , 1941, melody: Christian Lahusen , (1946) 1948

In the middle of the night , text: Sybille Fritsch, melody: Fritz Baltruweit

I hoped in you, sir , text: Adam Reissner , 1533, melody: Bohemia, 15th century

On this night you will be my umbrella and watch , text: Cologne (1727), melody: Düsseldorf (1759), by Joseph Hermann Mohr (1881)

There is joy in you , text: Cyriakus Schneegass , 1598, melody: Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi , 1591, spiritual Erfurt, 1598

In God's name we go , text: Nikolaus Herman , (1560) 1562 based on a crusader song from the 12th century, melody: 15th century

In God's name I begin , text: Salomo Liscow , (before 1672) 1674, melody: Be praise and honor to the highest good by Johann Crüger , 1653

In jubilation, Lord, we lift you up , text: Maria Luise Thurmair 1940, melody: Erhard Quack 1970

A stone falls into the water , text: Manfred Siebald , 1973 based on the English Pass it on , melody: Kurt Frederic Kaiser , 1965

Is that the body, Lord Jesus Christ , text: Friedrich Spee 1623, melody: Würzburg 1628

If God is for me, then step , text: Paul Gerhardt , 1653, melody: England around 1590, spiritual Augsburg, 1609

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Yes, I want to carry you , Jochen Klepper , 1938, melody: Samuel Rothenberg , 1939
Yes, I want to sing , canon for 2 voices by Reinhold Kurth , 1949
Jauchz, Erd, and Himmel, cheer brightly , Ambrosius Blarer , around 1533/34, melody: "O man, weep your sin great", Matthäus Greiter , 1525
Rejoice earth and sky, sing to him all the world , canon for 2 voices by Jacques Berthier , 1981
Jauchzet, ihr Himmel , text: Gerhard Tersteegen , 1731, melody: Rudolf Mauersberger , 1926
Cheers, all lands, in honor of God , text: Matthias Jorissen , 1798, melody: Now give thanks and praise the gentlemen by Guillaume Franc , 1543, Loys Bourgeois , 1551
Jerusalem, you high-rise city , text: Johann Matthäus Meyfart , 1626, melody: Melchior Franck , 1663
Jerusalem, you new city , text: after Chorus novae Ierusalem by Fulbert von Chartres , translation: Münsterschwarzach, melody: Heinrich Schütz 1661
Isaiah the prophet that happened , Martin Luther , 1526
Jesus, your passion , text: Sigmund von Birken , 1653, melody: "Jesus cross, suffering and pain", Melchior Vulpius , 1609
Jesu, your deep wounds , Johann Heermann , 1644, melody: "Der am Kreuz", Johann Balthasar König , 1738
Jesus who you are alone , text: Gerhard Tersteegen , 1731, melody: Everything is in God's blessing by Johann Löhner , 1691
Jesus, pious herds of people , Sigmund von Birken , 1626–1681
Jesus, go ahead , text: Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf , (1721) 1725, edited by Christian Gregor , 1778, melody: Adam Drese , 1698
Jesu, great miracle star , Erdmann Neumeister , 1671–1756
Jesus, help win , text: Johann Heinrich Schröder , 1695, melody: Jesus is coming, reason for everlasting joy , Köthen, around 1733
Jesus, power of stupid hearts , Christian Knorr von Rosenroth , 1636–1689, melody: “Lord, I have mistreated”, Johann Crüger , 1649
Jesus' cross, suffering and torment , text: Petrus Herbert , 1566 after the Czech Vmučenj nasseho pána gezukrysta , 1501, melody: Prague, 1522, Bohemian Brothers , 1501/1531
Jesus, my joy, the pasture of my heart , text: Johann Franck , 1653, melody: Johann Crüger , 1653
Jesus, my joy, consolation in all suffering , text: Maria Luise Thurmair 1985, melody: Johann Crüger 1653
Jesus, the life of my life , text: Ernst Christoph Homburg , 1659, melody: Wolfgang Wessnitzer , 1661
Jesus, strengthen your children , text: Wilhelm Erasmus Arends , 1714, melody: Wake up, the voice of Philipp Nicolai calls us , 1599

Jesus Christ, you are my life , text: German: Ulrich Hennes, English: Annamaria Newell, melody: Marco Frisina 2000

Jesus Christ, the life of the world , text: Dieter Trautwein , 1982, melody: Herbert Beuerle , 1975/1982

Jesus Christ, God's Lamb , Joachim Justus Breithaupt , 1658–1732

Jesus Christ, Good Shepherd , Text: Adelgart Gartenmeier 1997, Melody: Kamilla Usmanova 2008

Jesus Christ rules as king , text: Philipp Friedrich Hiller , (1755) 1757, melody: Johann Löhner , 1691

Jesus Christ, our Savior, who overcame death , text and melody: Martin Luther , 1524/1529

Jesus Christ, our Savior, who turns God's wrath from us , text: Martin Luther , 1524, partly based on the hymn Jesus Christ nostra salus by Johann von Jenstein , melody: Hohenfurt, 1410

Jesus running to the fishermen , text: Jürgen Henkys , (1975) 1977 based on the Dutch “Jezus die lang het Water liep” by Ad den beste , 1961, melody: Frits Mehrtens , 1961

Jesus, I live to you. Jesus, to you I die. , Text: 1st stanza: Martin Luther according to Romans 14.8, 2nd stanza: Stuttgart 1838, melody: Franz Bühler

Jesus saves me now , 1875, melody: Ernst Heinrich Gebhardt

Jesus, you are here , text: 1st and 4th stanza: Ernst Xaver Turin, 2nd and 3rd stanza: Guido Fuchs , melody: to Luxemburg 1768

Jesus, you my life , text: Albert Höfer, melody: after Johann Crüger 1953

Jesus, you are here , text: Mainz 1787/1974, melody: to Luxemburg 1768

Jesus loves children , text and melody: Kurt Rommel , 1970

Jesus is coming, a reason for eternal joy , text: Johann Ludwig Konrad Allendorf , 1736, melody: Köthen, around 1733

Jesus lives, and so do I , Christian Fürchtegott Gellert , 1757, melody: Berlin, 1653

Jesus, my confidence , text: Otto von Schwerin , (1644) 1653, melody: Berlin, 1653

Jesus accepts sinners , text: Erdmann Neumeister , 1718, melody: "I will not let my Jesus", Johann Ulich , 1674

Jesus should be the watchword , text: Benjamin Schmolck , 1725, melody: “I won't let my Jesus”, Johann Ulich , 1726

Jesus, uns' Heiland von'n Himmel kaamen , text: Low German Celle 1989 based on Schönest Herr Jesu , melody: Glatz before 1842

Jesus moves into Jerusalem , Gottfried Neubert , 1968

Now, Christians join in , text and melody: Pilgrimage song from the Trebnitz monastery, Breslauer Gesangbuch 1925

Now that the time is approaching your suffering , Conrad Ferdinand Meyer , undated, melody: Johann Crüger , 1640 after Guillaume Franc , 1543

Jona, Jona, off to Nineveh , text and melody: Eberhard Laue , 1968

Jubilate coeli , canon for 4 or 8 voices by Jacques Berthier , 1981

Jubilate Deo , Canon for 6 Voices by Michael Praetorius , 1610

Jubilate Deo , Canon for 2 voices by Jacques Berthier , 1981

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Once came to the shore according to God's word and plan , text: Jürgen Henkys , (1975) 1977 based on the Dutch Kwam van Godswege by Huub Oosterhuis , 1962/1973, melody: Jaap Geraedts , (1965) 1973

Repent and you will live , text: after Ezekiel 18:32 and Psalm 25 : 4, melody: Christian Kröning , 1983

No animal is on earth , text: Clemens Brentano , 1815, melody: Richard Rudolf Klein , 1962

Small mustard seed hope , text: Alois Albrecht , melody: Ludger Edelkötter

Come, you savior of the world , text: after Ambrose of Milan , 339-397, Veni redemptor gentium , translation: Markus Jenny (1971), melody: Einsiedeln (12th century) / Martin Luther (1524)

Come on, you dear ransom , Johann Gottfried Olearius , 1635–1711, melody: “Newly made hymn book”, Darmstadt 1699

Come, God Creator, Holy Spirit , text: Martin Luther , 1524 based on the hymn Veni creator spiritus by Hrabanus Maurus , 809, melody: Kempten around 1000

Come on, Heilger Geist, who creates life , text: Hymnus Veni creator spiritus by Hrabanus Maurus , 809, German by Friedrich Dörr , 1969, melody: Kempten around 1000

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your believers , text: Nördlingen 1522, Erfurt 1525 based on the antiphon Veni sancte spiritus, reple , 11th century, melody: 11th century

Come, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott , text: verse 1: Ebersberg around 1480 after the antiphon Veni sancte spiritus, reple , 11th century, verse 2–3: Martin Luther , 1524, melody: Ebersberg around 1480

Come, Heilger Geist, with your strength , text: Klaus Okonek / Jo Raile, melody: from Israel

Come here, rejoice with us, come in , text and melody: Helmut Hucke (1971) based on an American song

Come down, o holy spirit , text: Veni sancte Spiritus , Stephen Langton around 1200, translation: Maria Luise Thurmair and Markus Jenny 1971, melody: to Paris around 1200

Come, Lord Jesus, come , text: Maria Luise Thurmair 1951/1973, melody: Heinrich Rohr 1951

Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest , text: Brothers London, 1753, canon for 3 voices, transmitted orally

Come, Lord Jesus, come to earth , text: Georg Thurmair 1939, melody: Erhard Quack 1950/1968

Come on, Lord, bless us , text and melody: Dieter Trautwein , 1978

Come into our proud world , text: Hans Graf von Lehndorff , 1968, melody: Manfred Schlenker , 1982

Come, oh come, you spirit of life , text: Heinrich Held , 1658, melody: Meiningen, 1693

Come, o Tröster, Heilger Geist , text: Maria Luise Thurmair (1970) 1972 based on Veni sancte Spiritus , Stephen Langton around 1200, melody: Bremen 1639

Come on, tell everyone , text: Friedrich Walz , 1964, melody: after the Spiritual Go, tell it on the mountains

Come, creator spirit, come to us , text: after the transmission of the Veni, creator Spiritus ( attributed to Hrabanus Maurus ) by Heinrich Bone 1847, melody: Cologne 1741

Come, you shepherds , text: Carl Riedel , 1870 based on a Christmas carol from Bohemia, melody: 1605

Come here, the king's contingent , text: Friedrich Spitta , 1898, melody: Heinrich Schütz , 1661

Come here, you're invited , text: Ernst Moritz Arndt , 1819, melody: Johann Crüger , 1653

Come here, all you creatures , text: according to Aufhausener hymnal 1687, melody: according to Aufhausener hymnal 1687 / Düsseldorf 1759

Come here and look, come, let's heartily , Michael Bapzien , 1628–1693, melody: Johann Crüger , 1640

Come to me, says God's Son , text: Georg Grünwald , 1530, melody: around 1504

Come over, sing to the Lord , text: Diethard Zils according to Psalm 95 (1971), melody: from Israel

Comes with gifts and praise , text: Detlev Block , 1988 based on the English Let us talents and tongues employ by Fred Kaan , 1975, melody: Doreen Potter , 1972 based on a folk song from Jamaica

Come and let us honor Christ , text: Paul Gerhardt , 1667, melody: “Quem pastores laudavere”, 1555

Come and praise without end , text: Prague 1783 / Heinrich Bone 1847, melody: Prague 1805 / Leipzig 1838, alternative melody: Prague 1805 / Würzburg 1838

King of Kings what did they do to you? , Text and melody: Jesus Brotherhood Gnadenthal

King is the Lord , text: Maria Luise Thurmair 1971 based on Psalm 99, melody: Geneva 1562

Korn, das in die Erde , text: Jürgen Henkys , (1976) 1978 based on the English "Now the green blade rises" by John Campbell Crum , 1928, melody: "Noël nouvelet", from Provence, France, 15th century

Cross that I look at , text: Eckart Bücken , 1982, melody: Lothar Graap , 1982

Announces everyone in need , text: Friedrich Dörr (1971), melody: Johann Rudolph Ahle (1662) / Halle (1704/1708)

Kyrie eleison , Gregorian

Kyrie eleison , Strasbourg, 1524

Kyrie eleison , Martin Luther , 1526

Kyrie leison , text and melody by Martin Luther, 1529, based on a medieval litany

Kyrie eleison , Orthodox liturgy from Ukraine

Kyrie leison , Jacques Berthier , Taizé 1978

Kyrie eleison , Ewald Weiss , 1983

Kyrie eleison , canon for 4 voices by Herbert Beuerle , 1952

Kyrie, God the Father in Eternity , text and melody: 1537/38 after Kyrie, fons bonitatis , around 950

Kyrie, God the Father in Eternity , text: Johann Spangenberg , melody: Erfurt 1525

L.

Lamb of God, thou salvation of the world , text and melody: Praise the Lord 1957
Lamb of God, you take away , Ewald Weiss , 1983
Let yourself be, Lord Jesus Christ , text: Johann Heermann , 1630, melody: Regensburg, 1675
Leave the roots of our actions , text: verse 1: Paul Kaestner , 1921, verse 2: Dieter Trautwein , 1986, melody: Volker Ochs , 1971
Let me be and stay yours , text: Nikolaus Selnecker , 1572, melody: “I want to give you valet”, Melchior Teschner , 1614
Leave me, oh Lord, in all things , text: Georg Joachim Zollikofer , 1766, melody: Hamburg, 1690
Let us take the necessary steps in your name, Lord , text and melody: Kurt Rommel 1964
Let's go with Jesus , text: Sigmund von Birken , 1653, melody: Johann Schop , 1641
Let us all be happy , from: “Hymnal, Other Part”, Dresden 1632
Let us praise the blessed Bernhard , text: Josef Steiner 1996, melody: Guillaume Franc 1543 / Loys Bourgeois 1551
Let us warmly rejoice , text: Friedrich Spee , melody: Cologne (1623) 1625
Let us sing praises to the Lord God! , Text: Petronia Steiner 1944, Melody: Johann Georg Ebeling 1666
Let us praise, praise joyfully , text: Georg Thurmair 1948, melody: Erhard Quack 1948/1971
Let's talk sweet sages , Johann Michael Dilherr , 1604–1669
Let's get together , text and canon for 4 votes by an unknown author
Let's do what he told Julius Kobner to do
Laudate omnes gentes ( Sing praises, all you peoples ), text: based on Psalm 117 : 1 , melody: Jacques Berthier , Taizé, 1978

Laudato si, o mi signore , text: Winfried Pilz 1974 based on the Italian Canticle of the Sun of St. Francis of Assisi , 1225, melody: handed down orally

Love you to picture me , text: Johann Scheffler , 1657, verse 4: Frankfurt am Main, 1695, melody: Meiningen, 1693

Love, you raised to the cross for us , text: Carl Bernhard Garve , 1825, melody: Johann Crüger , 1647

Love is not just a word , text: Eckart Bücken , 1973, melody: Gerd Geerken , 1973

Dearest Jesus, welcome , Samuel Grosser , 1664–1736

Dearest Jesus, we are here to live your words , text: Benjamin Schmolck , 1704, melody: Johann Rudolf Ahle , 1664, with Wolfgang Carl Briegel , 1687

Dearest Jesus, we are here to listen to you and your word ; Text: Tobias Clausnitzer , 1663, melody: Johann Rudolf Ahle , 1664, by Wolfgang Carl Briegel , 1687

Praise resounds from shepherds' mouths , text: Walther Hensel, melody: Hohenfurt around 1450 / Prague 1541

Praise God confidently with singing , text: Bohemian Brothers , 1544, melody: 16th century, by Otto Riethmüller , 1932

Praise be to Almighty God , Michael Weisse , around 1542

Praise be to the Lord, glory to his name! , Text: Erhard Quack and Manuel Thomas 1940/1967 based on Psalm 34, melody: Erhard Quack 1940

Praise, honor and praise be to our God , Martin Moller , 1547–1606, melody 1: “Nürnbergisches Gesangbuch”, 1676, melody 2: Martin Luther 1539

Praise the Lord, the mighty King of Honor , text: Joachim Neander , 1679, melody: Stralsund 1665

Praise the Lord, my soul! , Text: Johann Daniel Herrnschmidt , 1714, Melody: from the appendix to "Seelen-Harpff", Onolzbach 1665

Praise the gentlemen who honor him , text: Paul Gerhardt , 1653, melody: Johann Crüger , 1653/1662

Praise all those gentlemen who honor him , canon for 4 votes: Herbert Beuerle , 1967

Praise the gentleman because he is very friendly , text: Leipzig, 1565, melody: Johann Crüger , 1653/1662

Praise the Lord and thank him for his gifts , text: Bartholomäus Ringwaldt , 1586, melody: Johann Crüger , 1640

Praise and praise, you peoples, the Lord , text and canon for 3 voices: handed down orally

Praise everyone at this time , text: after Heinrich Bone (1851), melody: Wittenberg (1529)

Sing praises, all of you peoples ( Laudate omnes gentes ), text: based on Psalm 117 : 1 , melody: Jacques Berthier , Taizé, 1978

Praise the Lord, his star blossoms among us , text: Gerhard Valentin , 1973, melody: from Israel

Gladly praise the Lord, you young choirs , text: Georg Gessner , 1795, melody: Hans Georg Nägeli , 1815

Praise God, the Lord of Glory , text: Matthias Jorissen , 1798, melody: Loys Bourgeois , 1551

Praise God the Lord, you heathen all , text: Joachim Sartorius , 1591, melody: Melchior Vulpius , 1609

Praise God, you Christians all alike , text: Nikolaus Herman , 1560, melody: Nikolaus Herman, 1554

Praise God in all lands , text: Martin Behm , (1604) 1606, melody: Wittenberg, 1545

In his sanctuary, praise the one who works great miracles , Julius Koebner

Praise and praise the glorious deeds of the Lord , text: Diethard Zils , 1970, melody: Lucien Deiss , 1954

M.

Get up and become light , text: according to Isa. 60.1, melody: Markus Jenny
Get ready, my spirit , text: Johann Burchard Freystein 1695, melody: before 1681, spiritual Braunschweig 1686 / Dresden 1694
Do it with me, God, according to your kindness , text: Johann Hermann Schein 1628, melody: Bartholomäus Gesius 1605 / Johann Hermann Schein 1628
Open the door , text: Georg Weissel , (1623) 1642, melody 1: Johann Stobäus 1642, melody 2: Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen 1704
Makes the gates wide open , text: Albert Knapp 1829, melody: Adolf Lohmann 1938
Magnificat , canon with 4 parts: Jacques Berthier 1978
You are praised in silence , text: Johann Rist 1651/1654, melody: 15th century , spiritual Hans Kugelmann (around 1530) 1540
Sometimes we celebrate in the middle of the day , text: Alois Albrecht 1974, melody: Peter Janssens 1974
Sometimes we know God's will , text: Kurt Marti / Arnim Juhre 1966, melody: Felicitas Kukuck 1967
Maria is recorded , text: after Würzburg 1621 / Heinrich Bone 1847, melody: Cologne (1623) 1625
Maria, spreading her coat , text: Innsbruck 1640, melody Joseph Hermann Mohr , 1891
Maria, loving you is always my purpose , text: Friedrich Dörr 1972, melody: Paderborn 1765
Maria, loving you is always my purpose , text: Friedrich Dörr (1972) 1975, melody: Paderborn 1765
Maria walked through a thorn forest , text and melody: by August Franz von Haxthausen (1850)
Maria, May Queen , text: Guido Görres 1847, melody: Anselm Schubiger 1845
Maria, Mutter, Friedenshort ( Neuzeller pilgrimage song), text: Georg Schröter 1948, melody: Adolf Lohmann 1948
Maria, Mother of Our Lord , text: Maria Luise Thurmair 1969 based on the song paraphrase by Franz Joseph Weinzierl 1816 about Alma Redemptoris Mater , melody: Cologne 1599
Maria, we greet you , text: according to different versions, melody: Luxemburg 1847
Meerstern, I greet you , text: Cologne 1638, Paderborn 1765, with August von Haxthausen 1850, melody: Hans Breuer 1909 after August von Haxthausen 1850 and Ludwig Erk / Franz Magnus Böhme 1894
My first feeling is price and thanks , text: Christian Fürchtegott Gellert , melody: around 1570, with Michael Praetorius 1610
My solid rock and strong hoard , unknown, melody: "A solid castle", Martin Luther , 1529
My whole heart lifts you up , text: Zurich (1941) based on older models, melody: Paris (1530)
My God, you are and will remain my God , Benjamin Schmolck , 1672–1737
My God, I'm waiting for your hour , Benjamin Schmolck , 1672–1737
My God, what a joy! , Text: Lutz Hoffmann / Franz Mausberg / Karl Norres / Leo shoes, melody: Spiritual
My God, how are you so hidden , Solomon Franck , 1659–1725
My Lord and my God , Niklaus von Flüe
My heart is ready , text: Psalm 57, 8, canon for 4 voices: Paul Ernst Ruppel 1937
My heart and mind lift you up , text: Detlev Block 1978, melody: Herbert Beuerle 1983
My Heart of Jesus, My Lust , Johann Christian Lange , 1669–1756
My shepherd is God the Lord , text: after Caspar Ulenberg 1582 after Psalm 23, melody: Johannes Hatzfeld 1948 after Caspar Ulenberg 1582
My most beautiful ornament and gem are , text: Königsberg 1527 with Johannes Eccard , melody: Nuremberg 1581, with Sethus Calvisius 1594
My creator stand by me , text: Detlev Block 1990 after Johann Jakob Rambach 1729, melody: Franz Heinrich Meyer 1741 after an older melody
My soul, oh Lord, must praise you , text: Erasmus Alber (Str. 1) 1534/36, (before 1553) 1555 (Str. 2–11), melody: by Bartholomäus Gesius 1603 / Michael Praetorius 1607
My father, think of me , Johann Friedrich Starck , 1680–1756
My people, my people, what did I do for you , text and melody: Münster, Christoph Bernhard Verspoell 1810
My narrow limits , text: Eugen Eckert 1981, melody: Winfried Heurich 1981
My soul, encourage yourself , Johann Kaspar Schade , 1666–1698
My soul lifts up the Lord , text: Gospel according to Luke 1, 46–47, canon for 3 voices: Paul Ernst Ruppel 1938
My soul, my soul waits for the Lord , text: from Psalm 130, melody: from Israel
My soul praises the Lord , canon of 4 votes: Jacques Berthier 1978
My time is in your hands , text and melody: Peter Strauch
The world belongs to my God , text: Arno Pötzsch 1934/1949, melody: Christian Lahusen 1948
I will not leave my Jesus , text: Christian Keimann 1658, melody: Johann Ulich 1674
People you were lost , text: Christoph Bernhard Verspoell (1810), melody: Christoph Bernhard Verspoell (1810), Trier (1847)
People, serve out of happy instincts , Eucharistic / sacrament song probably by Christoph Bernhard Verspoell
I felt mercy , text: Philipp Friedrich Hiller 1767, melody: Georg Neumark 1641 (1657)
After me, says Christ, our hero , text: Johann Scheffler 1668, melody: Bartholomäus Gesius 1605 / Johann Hermann Schein 1628
I want to go with the shepherds , Quandt / Rische 1885
You can play with the earth , text: Reinhard Bäcker, melody: Detlev Jöcker
With Ernst, o human children , Valentin Thilo , 1642 and Lüneburg 1657, melody 1: "From the bottom of my heart" in: "New Catechism-Gesangbüchlein", Hamburg 1598, melody 2: "I will not let go of God" Lyon 1557, spiritual Erfurt 1563
Delightful for this journey , text: Georg Vetter 1566, melody: Bohemian Brothers 1566 after Guillaume Franc 1543
With Fried und Freud I'll go there , text and melody: Martin Luther 1524
With my God I go to rest , text: Cornelius Becker 1602 and Breslau 1690, melody: Leipzig 1573, with Seth Calvisius 1594
In the middle of life , text: Salzburg 1456 based on the antiphon Media vita morte sumus 11th century and Martin Luther 1524, melody: Salzburg 1456 / Johann Walter 1524
May the street bring us together , text: Markus Pytlik based on Irish models, melody: Markus Pytlik
Monarch of all things, to whom all seraphines , Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen
Morning glory of eternity , text: Christian Knorr von Rosenroth (1654) 1684, partly based on Martin Opitz 1634, melody: Johann Rudolf Ahle 1662
Morning light shines , text: Jürgen Henkys (1987) 1990 based on the English Morning has broken by Eleanor Farjeon before 1933, melody: Gaelic folk song before 1900, spiritual 1933
Morning star of the dark night , text: Angelus Silesius 1657, melody: Georg Joseph 1657
I'm tired, go to rest , text: Luise Hensel 1817, melody: Kaiserswerth 1842

N

For you, oh God, I long for Anton Ulrich Herzog zu Braunschweig and Lüneburg , 1633–1714
Closer, my God, to you , text: Ehrhardt Friedrich Wunderlich based on Sarah Flower Adams , melody: Lowell Mason
New Year's Song 1597 , Anton Praetorius , 1560–1613
Accept, oh Lord, the gifts , text: Franz Seraph von Kohlbrenner 1777, melody: after Michael Haydn 1795
Take, oh God, the gifts we bring , text: Raymund Weber (2009), melody: Andrew Lloyd Webber (1970)
Take from us, Lord, you faithful God , text: Martin Moller 1584 after “Aufer immensam, deus, aufer iram” Wittenberg 1541, melody: Table blessing of the monk of Salzburg before 1396 / Bohemian Brothers 1531, Martin Luther 1539
Before the sun was in the sky , text: Eugen Eckert 1990, melody: Sergej Andrewitsch Bazuk 1984
I still can't believe it , text: Transylvania before 1898, melody: Hans Leo Hassler 1601
Now, looking up happily , text: August Hermann Franke 1889, melody: Johann Crüger 1653
Now we ask the Holy Spirit , text: 13th century and Martin Luther 1524, melody: 13th century / Jistebnitz around 1420
Well, brothers, we are happy , text: Georg Thurmair 1935, melody: Adolf Lohmann 1936
Now thank everyone and bring honor , text: Paul Gerhardt 1647, melody: Johann Crüger 1653
Now everyone thanks God , text: Martin Rinckart 1636, melody: Martin Rinckart, edited by Johann Crüger , 1647
Now everyone thanks God for his great grace , text and melody: John's body
Now thank God, raise and praise , text: Johannes Stapfer 1775 and Matthias Jorissen 1798, melody: Pierre Davantès 1562
Now rejoice, you Christianity , text: after rejoice, all Christianity , Mainz around 1940, melody: Mainz 1410/1947
Now rejoice here and everywhere , text: after Paul Gerhardt , melody: Johann Crüger 1653
Rejoice, you Christians , text: Joseph Hermann Mohr , 1873 after the Adeste fideles by John Francis Wade and Étienne-Jean-François Borderies , around 1750, melody: John Francis Wade (?), Around 1750
Now rejoice, dear Christians , text and melody: Martin Luther 1523 - his first chorale
Now our hearts belong entirely to the man from Golgotha , text: Friederich von Bodelschwingh 1938, melody: Richard Lörcher (1946) 1949
Now it is there, the right time , text: according to Nunc tempus acceptabile , 10th century at the latest, translation: Maria Luise Thurmair , melody: by Louis Pinck 1928
Now shout for joy, all you pious , text: Michael Schirmer 1640, melody: Johann Crüger 1640
Now all the world cheers , text: David Denicke 1646 after Cornelius Becker 1602 and Lüneburg 1652, melody: around 1358 / Hamburg 1598 / Hanover 1646 / "Nürnbergisches Gesangbuch", 1676
Now come, the Gentile Savior , text: Martin Luther 1524 based on the hymn “Veni redemptor gentium” by Ambrosius of Milan around 386, melody: Einsiedeln 12th century / Martin Luther 1524
Now comes the new church year , Johannes Olearius (1611–1684)
Now you leave, oh Lord , text: Georg Thurmair (1966) 1967 after Lukas 2,29-32 ( Nunc dimittis ), melody: 2010 after Ottawa 1994
Now let's go and kick , text: Paul Gerhardt 1653, melody: Nikolaus Selnecker 1587
Now let's God the Lord , text: Ludwig Helmbold 1575, melody: with Nikolaus Selnecker 1587
Now let's God's goodness , Johann Michael Dilherr , 1604–1669
Now we put the body in the grave , text: Michael Weisse 1531 and Martin Luther 1540, ecumenical version 1978, melody: Wittenberg 1544
Now praise, my soul, the gentlemen , text: Johann Gramann (around 1530) 1540 and Königsberg 1549, melody: 15th century, spiritual Hans Kugelmann 1540
Now praise God in the high throne , text: Caspar Uhlenberg 1582/1603 based on Psalm 117, melody: Geneva 1542 / Caspar Uhlenberg, 1603
Now all praise God's mercy! , Text and melody: Matthäus Appelles von Löwenstern 1644, from "Spiritual Church and House Music"
Now all forests are at rest , text: Paul Gerhardt 1647, melody: 15th century, spiritual 1505
Now say thanks and praise the gentlemen , text: after Ambrosius Lobwasser 1573 and by Fritz Enderlin 1952, melody: Guillaume Franc 1543 / Loys Bourgeois 1531
Now you sleep , text: Gerhard Tersteegen 1745, melody: 17th century
Now write in the book of life , text: Strasbourg 1850, melody: Melchior Vulpius 1609
Now we are welcome, Herre Christ , Text: Aachen 13./14. Century, canon for 4 voices: Walter Rein 1934 based on a Dutch melody from around 1600
Now the heart broke away from everything , text: Jochen Klepper 1941, melody: Guillaume Franc 1543
Now the day has ended , text: Adam Krieger (1665) 1667 and Johann Friedrich Herzog (1670) 1692, melody: Adam Krieger 1656
Now the day has ended, my heart turns to you , text: Gerhard Tersteegen 1745, melody: 15th century
Now sing praise, you Christianity , text: Georg Thurmair (1964) 1967, melody: Johann Crüger 1653
Now sing and be happy (In dulci jubilo) , text: Hanover 1646 based on the Latin-German “In dulci jubilo” 14th century and Leipzig 1545, melody: 14th century / Wittenberg 1529
Now the gentleman sings a new song , text: Georg Thurmair 1971, melody: Loys Bourgeois 1551
Now in leaves and blossoms , text: Detlev Block 1978, melody: Johann Steurlein 1575, also as a canon for 3 voices: Jan Jürgen Wasmuth 1990
Now we want to sing the evening song , text: from the Odenwald as well as by Friedrich Hindenlang around 1900, melody: folk song from the Odenwald

O

O Adoramus te, Domine (We adore you, Lord), text: from Taizé 1978, melody: Jacques Berthier 1978

O Bethlehem, you little town , text: Helmut Barbe 1954 based on the English “O little town of Bethlehem” by Phillips Brooks 1868, melody: England 16th century / Ralph Vaughan Williams 1906

O Christe, Morgensterne , text: Leipzig 1579 based on the secular “He is the morning star”, Zwickau 1531, melody: 16th century, in Bartholomäus Gesius 1605

O Christ hie merk , text: Friedrich Spee (1621), melody: 17th century

O that soon your fire was burning , text: Georg Friedrich Fickert 1812, melody: Guillaume Franc 1543

Oh that I had a thousand tongues , text: Johann Mentzer 1704, melody: Johann Balthasar König 1738

O you happy , text: Johannes Daniel Falk (1816) 1819, and Heinrich Holzschuher 1829, melody: Sicily before 1788 with Johann Gottfried Herder 1807

O du hochheilig Kreuze , text: Constance 1600, melody: to Erfurt 1630

O you love of my love , Johann Scheffler , 1624–1677, melody: “Musical Christ's Treasure”, Basel 1745

O my people, what did I do to you? , Text: Markus Fidelis Jäck after Popule meus , Melodie: after Cologne 1844

O breaker of all bonds , text: Gottfried Arnold 1698, melody: Halle (Saale) 1704

O eternal God, we ask you , text: after Caspar Querhammer 1537, melody: after Michael Vehe 1537, alternative melody : To you, oh God, we rise
O filii et filiae , Jean Tisserand , 1494
O prince child from David's tribe , Philipp von Zesen , 1619–1689
O believing heart, given , text: Michael Weisse 1531, melody: from Michael Praetorius 1609
O God, your will created the world , text: after Ambrosius of Milan Deus creator omnium , translation: Friedrich Dörr 1978, melody: after Robert Schumann 1839
O God, who is in love , Johann Franck , 1618–1677
O God, you pious God , text: Johann Heermann 1630, 1st melody: Braunschweig 1648, 2nd melody: Regensburg 1675, "Neuvermehrtes Gesangbuch", Meiningen 1693
O God, you highest sanctuary , text: Konrad Hubert 1545, melody: Gochsheim / Redwitz 1628 / Görlitz 1648
O God, we honor your power , LA Gods , 1661-1735
O Great Man of Sorrows , Adam Thebesius , 1596–1652
O head full of blood and wounds , text: Paul Gerhardt 1656 after “Salve caput cruentatum” by Arnulf von Löwen before 1250, melody: Hans Leo Haßler 1601
O Savior, tear open the heavens , text: Friedrich Spee 1622, as well as David Gregor Corner 1631, melody: Cologne 1638 / Augsburg 1666
O sacred food for the soul , text: 1. – 3. Verse: Einheitslieder (1947) to Würzburg (1649), 4th verse: 1975, melody: after Heinrich Isaac (1495/1505), by Georg Forster (1539), alternative melody : Now all forests are at rest
O Holy Spirit, come to us , text: Michael Schirmer 1640, melody: Philipp Nicolai 1599
O holy body of the Lord , text: Friedrich Dörr 1954/1971, melody: Hans Kulla 1956
O Holy Trinity , text: Martin Behm 1608, melody: Nuremberg 1676/1854
O Holy Spirit, O Holy God , text: Johannes Niedling 1651, melody: Cologne 1623, Samuel Scheidt 1650
O Most Holy Trinity , Justus Gesenius , 1601–1673
O Lord, from deep lamentation , text: Georg Thurmair (1935) 1938, melody: Adolf Lohmann (1935) 1938
O Lord, in dark days , text: Georg Schröter 1951, melody: Adolf Lohmann 1951
O Lord, make me an instrument of your peace , text: Normandy around 1913 (previouslyattributed to Franz von Assisi ), melody: Rolf Schweizer 1962/1969
O Lord, take our guilt , text and melody: Hans-Georg Lotz 1964
O Lord, when you come the world will be new again , text and melody: Helga Poppe (1979)
O heart of the king of the world , text: after Paul Gerhardt 1656 after Summi regis cor des Arnulf von Löwen before 1250, melody: Matthäus Greiter 1525
O help, Christ, Son of God , Michael Weisse , around 1542
O Jesus, you are all my life , text: Cologne 1853 after Franz Xaver Ludwig Hartig 1830/1838, 2nd verse: Georg Thurmair 1938, melody: Cologne 1853 after Franz Xaver Ludwig Hartig 1830/1838
O Jesus Christ, the light of my life , Martin Behm , 1610, melody: “Nürnbergisches Gesangbuch” 1676
O Jesu Christe, true light , text: Johann Heermann 1630, melody: "Nürnbergisches Gesangbuch", 1676
O king of all honors , text: Martin Behm 1606, melody: Melchior Teschner 1613
Oh come on, you spirit of truth , text: Philipp Spitta (1827) 1833, melody: 16th century “We have defoliated the forest”, spiritual Nuremberg around 1535
O come down, you Holy Spirit , text: Veni sancte Spiritus , translation: Maria Luise Thurmair and Markus Jenny 1971, melody: Annete Böhme
O come, o come, you morning star , text: Otmar Schulz 1975 based on the English "O come, o come Emmanuel" by John Mason Neale 1851/1861 and Henry Sloane 1916, melody: France 15th century, by Thomas Helmore 1856
O come, o come, Immanuel , text: Münster 1810, melody: to Düsseldorf 1836, alternative melody: to Ulenberg 1582
O lamb of God, Jesus Christ , Bartholomäus Helder , 1646, melody: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach , 1784
O Lamb of God, innocent , text: Nikolaus Decius (1523) 1531, melody: “Christian Church Order” Erfurt 1542; Ecumenical version 1973
O little fountain of life deep and big , text: Johann Mühlmann 1618, melody: Görlitz 1587
O light of the wonderful night , text: Georg Thurmair 1963, melody: Mainz around 1390, Nuremberg 1523/1524
O love above all love , Benjamin Schmolck , 1672–1737
O dear Lord Jesus Christ , text: Michael Weisse 1531 after “Jesu, salvator optime” by Jan Hus before 1415, melody: 13th century / Jistebnitz around 1420
O dear Jesus, I think yours , text: Jesu, dulcis memoria , Oxford 12th century, transmission: Friedrich Dörr (1969) 1975, melody: Antiphonale Romanum 1912
O Maria, greetings , text: 1st stanza: Philipp von Schönborn 1656, 2nd and 3rd stanza: reworked 1975, melody: by Michael Weisse 1531
O man, weeping for your sin , text: Sebald Heyden around 1530, melody: Matthäus Greiter 1525
O selger Urgrund of all being , text: after Auctor beate saeculi 18th century, translation: Münsterschwarzach Abbey 1972, melody: Nikolaus Herman 1551
O blessed night! , Text and melody: Christoph Bernhard Verspoell 1810
O Sonn des Heiles, Jesus Christ , text: based on the hymn O sol salutis , melody: to Leipzig 1625
O death, where is your sting now , text: Lüneburg 1657 after Georg Weissel (before 1635) 1644, melody: Mainz around 1390 / Nuremberg 1523/24
O sadness, o heartache , text: Friedrich Spee 1628 and Johann Rist 1641, melody: Mainz / Würzburg 1628
O Origin of Life , Christian Jakob Koitsch , 1671–1735
O world, I have to let you , text: Nuremberg around 1535, melody: 15th century, Heinrich Isaac “ Innsbruck, I have to let you ” (around 1495) 1539, clergy 1505
O world, see your life here , text: Paul Gerhardt 1647, melody: "O world, I have to let you"
Oculi nostri (Our eyes always look to the gentlemen), text and melody: from Taizé
Open my eyes , text: Psalm 119, 18, melody and canon for 4 voices: Friedemann Gottschick 1983
Ear that heard the call , text: Klemens Ullmann , melody: Peter Janssens 1974
You gave me ears , text: Paul Ernst Ruppel 1965, melody: Johannes Petzold 1972

P

Pange lingua (prices, tongue, the secret) , Thomas Aquinas
We are pilgrims , text: Diethard Zils , melody: Edward Elgar
Prize for the conqueror of death , text: Trier 1892 after Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock 1769, melody: to Düsseldorf 1836
Praise, praise and thanks be to God the Lord , text: Petrus Herbert 1566, melody: Guillaume Franc 1543, and Loys Bourgeois 1551
Praise and honor to God the Lord , text: Maria Luise Thurmair (1962/1969/1971) based on Gloria , melody: Heinrich Rohr
Prices, tongue that mystery , text: Thomas von Aquin 1263/64, translation: Liborius O. Lumma 2008, melody: after Einsiedeln 12th century, alternative melody: Sacrament of God's love

R.

Rush among us, you spirit of life , Julius Köbner

Save us from death, father you , text: Robert Köck , melody: Martin Luther 1524

Rise Up, O Church of God , text: William P. Merrill 1911, melody: William H. Walter 1872

Rosary Queen , Virgin of Grace , text: Johann Baptist Tafratshofer, melody: Michael Haller , Regensburg 1902

Rest from the day's toil , text and canon for 4 voices: Martin Ezekiel 1931

S.

Says who is this , text: after Johannes Khuen 1638 / St. Gallen 1705 / Guido Maria Dreves 1885, melody: after Joseph Clauder 1631 / by Heinrich Meier 1647

Sacrament of God's love , text: Friedrich Dörr 1970, according to Str. 5 and 6 of the Pange lingua by Thomas von Aquin 1263/64, melody: to Luxemburg 1768

Volley! Maria, queen, mother and helper , text: Maria Luise Thurmair 1969 based on the Salve Regina song in the Rheinfelsisches Gesangbuch 1666, melody: Rheinfelsisches Gesangbuch, Augsburg 1666

Sanctus , canon from Taizé

Saint Benno, who is about justice and loyalty , text: Maria Luise Thurmair 1980, melody: Guillaume Franc 1543 / Loys Bourgeois 1551

Sankt Johannes, high in grace , text: Sursum corda Paderborn 1874 / Friedrich Kienecker 1973, melody: Melchior Ludolf Herold 1808

Sankt Joseph, scion from David's line , text: 1973, melody: Erhard Quack 1940

Sankt Martin, Sankt Martin , text and melody: around 1900 in the Rhineland

Create in me, God, a pure heart , text: Psalm 51, 12–13, melody: Johann Georg Winer 1648, and Cornelius Heinrich Dretzel 1731

Shalom chaverim (The peace of the Lord be with you), text and canon for 8 voices: from Israel

Look at the mother in pain , after Jacoponus , 1306

Look, look, what is miraculous , Paul Gerhardt , 1607–1676, melody: Martin Luther 1539

Decorate yourself, oh dear soul , text: Johann Franck 1646/1649/1653, melody: Johann Crüger 1649

Decorate the festival with Maien , text: Benjamin Schmolck 1715, melody: Christian Friedrich Witt 1715

Most beautiful Lord Jesus , text: Münster 1677, and Heinrich August Hoffmann von Fallersleben 1842, 1st melody: Münster 1677, 2nd melody: Glatz before 1842

The day is already shining , text: Jochen Klepper (1939) 1941 based on the hymn “Iam lucis orto sidere” from the 9th century, melody: Einsiedeln, 12th century

Swing up, dearest , Johann Friedrich Ruopp

Soul, go to Golgotha , Benjamin Schmolck , 1672–1737

Soul, get up quickly , Abraham Klesel , 1636–1702

Bless this child , text: Lothar Zenetti 1971, melody: Michael Schütz 1993

Bless you, Maria, bless me, your child , text: Cordula Wöhler (1870) 1916, melody: Karl Kindsmüller 1916

Bless, Lord, what your hand , text: Oral tradition, canon for 3 voices: Paul Ernst Ruppel 1951

Bless and protect , text: Johannes Goßner , 1825, melody: Johann Friedrich Francke , 1755

Look up and lift up your heads , text: Gospel according to Luke 21:28, melody: Volker Ochs around 1980

Look, the bread we share , text: Lothar Zenetti (1969) 1972, melody: Rolf Schweizer 1983

See, the good time is near , text and ostinator call: Friedrich Walz 1972, melody: Christmas carol from Moravia

Look, he's alone in the garden , text: Friedrich Walz 1971, melody: Götz Wiese 1986, and Guillaume Franc 1543

Do you see our star there , text: Diethard Zils (* 1935), melody: France 18th century.

Greetings, o Libori , text: Paderborn 1767 / Maria Luise Thurmair 1972, melody: Paderborn 1965

Greetings, you gracious , text: Georg Thurmair 1939, melody: Grüssauer pilgrimage song

Be praised, Lord Jesus Christ , text: Georg Thurmair , melody: Erhard Quack 1944

Be praised and praised , text: after Eulogius Schneider , melody: after the Würzburg hymn book 1828

Be praise and honor to the highest good , text: Johann Jakob Schütz , “Christliches Gedenkbüchlein”, Frankfurt, 1675, melody 1: “Praise the Lord, you heathens all”, Melchior Vulpius , 1609, melody 2: “God has me here brought ", melody 3: Johann Crüger 1653 after" Now say thanks and praise the gentlemen "

Greetings to me a thousand times , Paul Gerhardt , 1607–1676

Be, Mother of Mercy , text: Landshuter Gesangbuch 1777, melody: Johann Hermann Schein 1628, alternative melody: Follow me, Christ speaks
Be welcome, Herr Christ , text and melody Aachen 13./14. Century
Be happy now, rejoice ; Text and melody: Speyerer Gesangbuch 1599 (new version 1973)
Blessed are you , text: Friedrich Karl Barth , Peter Horst 1979, melody: Peter Janssens 1979
Blessed are the poor in spirit , text: Gospel according to Matthew 5, 3–10, melody: Kiev 17th century
Blessed are those who meet Christ on the way , text: Bernardin Schellenberger 1978/2011, melody: Paris 1681, alternative melody: Thank you, father

Send your spirit, Lord Jesus Christ , text: Friedrich Hüttemann 1939, melody: end of the 15th century.

Shine, Jesus, Shine , Loblieb, Graham Kendrick , 1897

Send your light and your truth , text: according to Psalm 43, 3–4, canon for 3 voices: transmitted orally

She has not closed herself , text and melody: Susanne Brandt

She is dear to me, the dear maid , Martin Luther , 1535

See, your light wants to come , text: Maria Luise Thurmair 1971, melody: Markus Jenny 1971

Look, here I am, King of Honor , Joachim Neander , 1650–1680

See, father, from the highest throne , text: Johann Philipp Neumann after Franz Seraph von Kohlbrenner , melody: Norbert Hauner 1777, new version Michael Haydn

Let's sing with one mouth today , text: Michael Weisse 1531, edited by Otto Riethmüller 1932, melody: 7th century / Bohemian Brothers 1531

Let us sing with happiness , text: after hymn 1938, 2-4. Verse: after Resonet in laudibus 14th century, melody: Seckau 1345 / Moosburg around 1365

Sing, thank our God , text: Kurt Rommel 1963, melody: Horst Weber 1963

Sing to the Lord a new song , text: Psalm 98, 1–2 and Paulus Stein 1963, melody: Rolf Schweizer 1963

Sing freshly and comfortably , text: based on the Latin " Resonet in laudibus " 14th century, German by Johann Geletzky 1566, melody: Wittenberg 1543

Sing Praise our God , text: Georg Thurmair 1940/1971, melody: Erhard Quack 1941

Sings the song of joy, of joy over God , text: Dieter Hechtenberg 1968, melody: Hartmut Bietz 1971

Sings the song of joy about God , text and melody: Dieter Hechtenberg 1968

Sings praise to the Easter lamb , text: Wipo ("from Burgundy") before 1050 Victimae paschali laudes , translation: 1972, melody: 11th century

Sing to the Lord, all peoples and races , text: Hans Bernhard Meyer , melody: Peter Janssens

Sing a new song for the LORD. Sing praises to him always , text: based on Psalm 98, melody: Jacques Berthier 1981

Sing a new song to the Lord, nobody should defend you , text: Georg Kempf 1941, melody: Adolf Lohmann 1952

Singing joy psalms to the king , Ernst Kutzer 1918

Sings, sings new songs to the gentleman , text: Matthias Jorissen 1798, melody: Guillaume Franc 1543, and Loys Bourgeois 1551

So you lead yourselves quite happily, Lord, yours , Gottfried Arnold , 1666–1714

Somebody speaks: I love God , text: Christian Fürchtegott Gellert 1757, melody: Bartholomäus Gesius 1605, and Johann Hermann Schein 1628

So take my hands , text: Julie Hausmann 1862, melody: Friedrich Silcher 1842

God loved the world so much , text: according to John 3:16, melody: Jörg Stephan Vogel 1981

As true as I live, speaks your God , text: Johann Heermann 1630, melody: Table blessing of the monk of Salzburg before 1396 / Bohemian Brothers 1531 / Martin Luther 1539

As long as there are people on earth , text: Dieter Trautwein 1966/1972 based on the Dutch “Zolang er mensen zijn op aarde” by Huub Oosterhuis (1958) 1960, melody: Tera de Marez Oyens 1960

Should I not sing to my God , text: Paul Gerhardt 1653, melody: Johann Schop , 1641

Sun of Justice , text: Christian David (1728) 1741, Christian Gottlob Barth 1827, and Johann Christian Nehring 1704, redesigned by Otto Riethmüller 1932, melody: Böhmen 1467 / Nürnberg 1556 / Böhmische Brüder 1566; Ecumenical version 1973

Traces in the sand , text: Margaret Fishback Powers (1964), melody: Siegfried Fietz

Get up, dear little children , text: Erasmus Alber (before 1553) around 1556, melody: 15th century

Star I look at , Adolf Krummacher , 1857, melody: Mina Koch , (1887) 1897

Star over Bethlehem , text and melody: Alfred Hans Zoller 1963

Silent Night, Holy Night , text: Joseph Mohr (1818) 1838, melody: Franz Xaver Gruber (1818) 1838

A voice that breaks stone , text: Jürgen Henkys (1978) 1990 based on the Swedish roast genome sten och järn by Anders Frostenson, melody: Trond Kverno 1974

I agree , text: Heinz Gerlach 1980, melody: from Israel

Many rays break , text: Dieter Trautwein 1976 based on the Swedish "Lågorna är många, ljuset är ett" by Andreas Frostenson (1972) 1974, melody: Olle Widestrand 1974

Look for a different destination if you want, text: Georg Weissel 1623, melody: Johann Stobäus 1613

Search and ask , text: Michel Scouarnec (* 1934) Aube nouvelle dans notre nuit , translator: Diethard Zils (* 1935), melody: Jo Akepsimas (* 1940)

First seek God's kingdom in this world , text: Orally transmitted according to the English "Seek ye first the Kingdom of the Lord", as well as Gerhard Hopfer 1975, melody: from the USA 20th century

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Day of shine and joy big , text: after Dies est laetitiae around 1320, translation: Maria Luise Thurmair 1969, melody: Medingen near Lüneburg around 1320 / Hohenfurt 1410

We want to dance, we want to dance , text: Lothar Zenetti , melody: Norbert Caspers 1988

Thaw, heaven, the righteous , text: to Vienna 1774, melody: local custom

Woven deep in my mother's lap , text: Jürgen Henkys (1997) 1999 based on Sytze de Vriès In de schoot van mijn moeder geweven 1995 based on Psalm 139, melody: Willem Vogel

Daughter Zion, rejoice , text: Friedrich Heinrich Ranke (around 1820) 1826, melody: Georg Friedrich Händel 1747

Death and offense rule everything , text: Polykarp Uehlein 1978, melody: Franz Forsthuber

Now carry a light , text and melody into the world : Wolfgang Longardt 1972

Treuer Wächter Israel ' , text: Johann Heermann 1630, melody: 15th century "In natali domini" / Böhmische Brüder 1544 / Frankfurt am Main 1589 "Since Christ was born"

Come here, oh soul, and thanks to the Lord , Johann Scheffler , 1624–1677

Triumph, death is overcome! , Text: Oppeln 1827, Melody: Joseph Franz Wolf

“Comforts, comforts”, says the Lord , text: Waldemar Rode 1938, melody: Hans Friedrich Micheelsen 1938

Open the beautiful gate for me , text: Benjamin Schmolck 1734, melody: Joachim Neander 1680

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For God's sake, don't give up the earth , text and canon for 4 voices: Siegfried Macht 1984
And are you looking for my sin , text: Schalom Ben-Chorin (around 1950) 1966, melody: Kurt Bossler 1967
There is unrest on earth , text (translation from Polish: Diethard Zils ) and melody: Zofia Jasnota 1969

A child is born to us , melody: Franz Alfred Muth 1890

We are told about Jesus Christ , text and melody: Kurt Rommel 1967

Our God hears him who calls to him , text: Psalm 91, melody: Josef Gelineau 1953

Our life is a celebration , text: Josef Metternich 1972, and Kurt Rose 1981, melody: Peter Janssens 1972

Our eyes are always on the gentleman (Oculi nostri ad Dominum Deum), from Taizé

May God bless our exit , text: Hartmann Schenck (1674) 1680, melody: Johann Rudolf Ahle 1664

Under the cross with the Lord hanging on it , text: Maria Luise Thurmair 1940, melody: Johann Crüger 1640

Unrestricted love, indulge in stupid eyes , Johann Jakob Rambach , 1693–1735

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I want to give you valet , text: Valerius Herberger 1614, melody: Melchior Teschner 1614
Heavenly Father, hear our laments , text: Peter Gerloff , melody: Johann Crüger 1640
Our Father in Heaven , text: Gerhard Röckle 1977, canon for 3 voices: Terrye Coelho 1972
Our Father in the Kingdom of Heaven , text: Martin Luther 1539, melody: Table blessing by the monk of Salzburg before 1396 / Bohemian Brothers 1531 / Martin Luther 1539
Our father in heaven , text: our father , melody: Frankfurt am Main 1567
Our father, father in heaven , text design based on our father : Ernst Arfken 1958, melody: based on a West Indian calypso
Veni Creator Spiritus , text mostlyattributed to Hrabanus Maurus , many settings.
Don't forget to thank the Eternal Lord , text: Heino Tangermann (1965) 1967, melody: Paul Ongman based on a Norwegian song
Transfigured body, greetings , text: Sursum corda Paderborn 1874, melody: Ferdinand Wacker 1874
Grant us peace graciously , text and melody: Martin Luther after the antiphon “Da pacem, Domine” 9th century, ecumenical version 1973
We can confidently dare to trust , text and melody: Fritz Baltruweit 1983
Trust the new ways , text: Klaus-Peter Hertzsch 1989, melody: 16th century / Nuremberg around 1535 / Bohemian Brothers 1544, from Otto Riethmüller 1932
Do not despair, you little group , text: Jakob Fabricius 1632, melody: around 1504; spiritual 1530, Nuremberg 1534
People of God, light the lights , text: Peter Gerloff , melody: to Nuremberg 1676/1854
Full of joy over this miracle , text: Jürgen Henkys 1982 based on the Norwegian "Fylt av Glede over livets Under" by Svein Ellingsen (1971) 1973, melody: Egil Hovland 1977
From the rising of the sun , text: Psalm 113, 3, canon for 4 voices: Paul Ernst Ruppel 1938
From heaven high, there I come , text: Martin Luther , 1535, melody: Martin Luther 1539
The angels came from heaven , text: Martin Luther 1543, melody: Puer nobis nascitur, from "Geistliche Lieder", Wittenberg 1543
From death today , text: after Surrexit Christ hodie Engelberg 1372, 2. – 4. Verse: Silja Walter 1968, melody: 14th century / Bohemian Brothers 1501 / by Michael Weisse 1531
You are so highly honored by God , text: Münchener Kantorale , melody: 1947 after Michael Vehe 1537 and Innsbruck 1588
I won't let go of God , text: Ludwig Helmbold 1563, melody: Lyon 1557 / Erfurt 1563
Faithfully and quietly surrounded by good powers , text: Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1944) 1945/1951, melody 1: Otto Abel 1959; Melody 2: Siegfried Fietz 1970
I stand before your throne , text: Bode von Hodenberg 1646, melody: Johann Baptista Serranus 1567

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Wake up, you ghost of the first witnesses , text: Karl Heinrich von Bogatzky 1750, melody: Hamburg 1690 / Halle (Saale) 1704

Wake up, my heart, the night is gone , text: Lorenz Lorenzen 1700, melody: Johann Crüger 1653

Wake up, my heart, and sing , text: Paul Gerhardt 1647, melody: Nikolaus Selnecker 1587

Wake up, wake up, you German country , text and melody: Johann Walter 1561

Wake up, wake up, it's high time , text: Ambrosius Blarer 1561, melody: Melchior Vulpius 1609

True God, we believe you , text and melody: Christoph Bernhard Verspoell 1810

Wake up, the voice calls us , text and melody: Philipp Nicolai 1599

Why should I grieve , text: Paul Gerhardt 1653, melody: Johann Georg Ebeling 1666

Why do you want to stand outside , Paul Gerhardt , 1607–1676

What do you fear, enemy Herod, very much , Martin Luther 1524 after " Hostis Herodes impie "

What God does is well done , text: Samuel Rodigast 1675, melody: Severus Gastorius (1675) 1679

Whatever you pray for , text: Robert Köck, melody: Mainz around 1390, Nuremberg 1523/24

How can I thank you , David Denicke , Melodie: “Neuvermehrtes Gesangbuch”, Meiningen 1693

What my God wants happens always , text: Albrecht von Preußen , (1547) around 1554 (verse 1 to 3), Nuremberg around 1555 (verse 4), melody: Claudin de Sermisy , 1529

What the earth gives us good , text: Friedrich Dörr (1971), melody: Guillaume Franc (1543)

What do you want to grieve , Johann Heermann , 1630

We shall overcome , text and melody: Zilphia Horton , Frank Hamilton , Guy Carawan and Pete Seeger 1963 based on "I'll overcome" by Charles Albert Tindley 1960

Deviate, you mountains, fall, you hills , Philipp Friedrich Hiller , 1699–1769

Because God appeared in the dead of night , text and melody: Dieter Trautwein 1963

Because I am Jesus' sheep , text: Luise von Hayn , melody: Brüdergemeine , 1784

I don't know the way either , text: Hedwig von Redern 1901, melody: John Bacchus Dykes 1868

Do you know how many little stars there are , text: Wilhelm Hey 1837, melody: folk song around 1809

What a friend our Jesus is , Joseph Medlicott Scriven , 1820–1886, melody: Charles Crozat Converse , 1832–1918

When the bread we share , text: Claus-Peter March 1981, melody: Kurt Grahl 1981

When the Lord once took prisoners , text: Samuel Gottlieb Bürde 1787, melody: Loys Bourgeois 1551

If I, oh creator, your power , text: Christian Fürchtegott Gellert 1757, melody: Peter Sohren 1668

When my hour is available , text: Nikolaus Herman 1562 and Cologne 1574, melody: Frankfurt am Main 1569 / Tübingen 1591

When my sins offend me , text: Justus Gesenius 1646, melody: Leipzig 1545

When we share life , text: Hans Florenz , melody: Michel Wackenheim

When we are in dire straits , text: Paul Eber 1566 after “Tenebris nostrae” by Joachim Camerarius around 1546, melody: Johann Baptista Serranus 1567

When we are in need of water , see Revised: Lord, When The Water Is Threatening Us

If we go on now , text and melody: Kurt Rommel 1967

When we bring our gifts , text and melody: Kathi Schimmer-Salzeder

Who is like you , Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen , 1670–1739

Who wants to live like God on this earth , text: Wie als en god will leven Huub Osterhuis 1965, translation: Johannes Bergsma 1969, melody: Flemish melody by Charles Edmond Henri de Coussemaker 1856

Who only lets God rule , text and melody: Georg Neumark (1641) 1657

Who is under the protection of the Most High , text: 1975 based on Psalm 91, melody: based on Michael Vehe 1537

Who knows how close my end is to me , text: Aemilie Juliane von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1686) 1688, melody: Georg Österreicher 1623 and Franz Vollrath Buttstedt 1774

Who lives under the umbrella of the Most High , text and melody: Josef Gelineau 1953

Get perky, my heart , text: Johann Rist 1642, melody: Johann Schop 1642 / Bohemian Brothers 1661

How the deer longs for fresh water , text: Dieter Trautwein 1983, melody: Volker Ochs 1984

How happy I am at the message , text: based on Psalm 121, melody: Sursum corda , Paderborn 1874

How wonderfully do you recognize yourself, Lord, text: Wilhelm Vischer 1944, melody: Guillaume Franc 1542 / Loys Bourgeois 1551

How lovely is May , text: Martin Behm (1604) 1606, melody: Johann Steurlein 1575

How lovely, Mr. Zebaoth , text: Matthias Jorissen 1798, melody: Pierre Davantès 1562

As if with grim misunderstanding , text: after Johannes Daniel Falk 1816, 1819, melody: Carl Loewe 1829

How beautifully the morning star shines , text and melody: Philipp Nicolai 1599

How should I receive you , text: Paul Gerhardt 1653, melody: Johann Crüger 1653

We, on Babel's foreign shores , text: from Latvia based on Psalm 137, translation: Diethard Zils , melody: from Latvia

We bring, God, this child to you , text: Fritz Woike 1950, melody: Gochsheim / Redwitz 1628 / Görlitz 1648

We thank you, Lord, in general , Peter von Hagen , 1569–1620

We thank you, Lord Jesus Christ, that you died for us until , text: Christoph Fischer 1597, melody: Nikolaus Herman 1551

We thank you, Lord Jesus Christ, for going to heaven , text: with Michael Praetorius 1607, melody: with Bartholomäus Gesius 1601

We thank you, Lord Jesus Christ, for being our guest , text: Albert Knapp 1837, melody: by Johannes Eccard 1597 / Königsberg 1602 / Leipzig 1625

We thank you, Lord Jesus Christ, that you rose from death , text: Nikolaus Herman 1560 and Thomas Hartmann 1604, melody: Nikolaus Herman 1650

We thank God for his gifts , text: Erasmus Alber 1537, melody: Pierre Davantès 1562

We all believe in one God , text: Martin Luther 1524 based on a Latin and German stanza, melody: 15th century / Wittenberg 1524

We all believe in one God , Tobias Clausnitzer , 1668, melody: from the “church hymn book”, Darmstadt 1699

We believe in one God , text: The Nicene Confession of Faith , melody: Heinrich Kahlefeld based on Credo III 1972

We believe in God the Father , text: 1970 based on the Nicene Creed , melody: 15th century / Wittenberg 1524

We believe God in the highest throne , text: Rudolf Alexander Schröder 1937, melody: Christian Lahusen (before 1945) 1948

We greet you, O Jesuskind , Maria Luise Thurmair , 1959 Melody: Bertold Hummel , 1960

We therefore come from the Orient , text: Maria Ferschl , melody: Heinrich Rohr 1954

We plow and we spread , text: after Matthias Claudius 1783, melody: Hanover 1800

We praise your death , text: Christine Gaud, translation: Diethard Zils , melody: Michel Ambroise Wackenheim, canon for 2 voices

We praise you, King of Glory , text: Albert Höfer (1961), melody: Mainz (1605)

We thank you for food and drink , canon for 4 voices by Lothar Graap 1990

We say to you to the dear Advent , text: Maria Ferschl 1954, melody: Heinrich Rohr 1954

We are only guests on earth , text: Georg Thurmair 1935, melody: Adolf Lohmann 1935

We are invited to the meal , text: Kurt Rommel 1967, melody: Johann Crüger 1653

We sing for you, Immanuel , text: Paul Gerhardt 1653, 1st melody: Martin Luther 1524, 2nd melody: Nikolaus Herman , 1560

We are waiting for you, O God's Son , text: Philipp Friedrich Hiller 1767, melody: Severus Gastorius (1675) 1679

We Christ the Earth gave you , text: Petronia Steiner (1945/1993), melody: before 1526 / Michael Töpler (1832)

We all want to be happy , text: Medingen monastery around 1380 and Cyriakus Spangenberg 1568 after “Resurrexit dominus” 14th century, melody: Hohenfurt 1410 / Bohemian Brothers 1544 / Wittenberg 1573

We want to sing happily , text: Theo Schmid 1957, melody: Erich Gruber 1953 after Valentin Triller 1555

We want to sing a song of praise , text: Nikolaus Herman 1560 based on “Aeterno gratias patri” by Philipp Melanchthon 1539, melody: Bartholomäus Gesius 1603

We would like to venture , text: Nikolaus Graf von Zinzendorf 1733/36, 1st melody: Gustav Pezold 1911, 2nd melody: Manfred Schlenker 1986

We wish you all peace (Hevenu schalom alejchem), text and melody: from Israel

We move to the gates of the city , text: Gottfried Schille (1971), melody: Manfred Schlenker (1971)

Do you still know how it happened , text: Hermann Claudius 1939, melody: Christian Lahusen 1939

Where goodness and love live , text and melody: Ubi caritas et amor 8th century, translation: Innsbruck (1941) 1946

Where a person gives trust , text: Hans-Jürgen Netz 1975, melody: Fritz Baltruweit 1977

Where does the soul find home, where peace and quiet , text: Franz Ludwig Jörgens 1827, melody: based on Henry Rowley Bishop 1823

Where the Lord God does not stop with us , text: Justus Jonas and Martin Luther 1524, melody: Wittenberg 1529

Where people forget , text: Thomas Laubach 1989, melody: Christoph Lehmann 1989

Where two or three are gathered in my name , text: Matthew 18, 20, canon for 2 voices: Jesus-Brotherhood Gnadenthal 1972

Where should I turn , text: Johann Philipp Neumann before 1827, melody: Franz Schubert 1827 (Deutsche Messe - D872)

Good for those who walk there , text: Cornelius Becker 1602, melody: Heinrich Schütz 1661

Wohlauf, who are hungry , text: Petrus Herbert 1566, melody: Böhmische Brüder 1561 (based on a Czech song from 1561)

How should I praise you , Ludwig Andreas Gotter , 1661–1735

Word of the father, light of the heathens , text: Sursum corda Paderborn 1874, melody: Paderborn 1849

Wonderful beginning, glorious end , Heinrich Arnold Stockfleth , 1643–1708

Wonderful mercy seat , text: Johannes Olearius 1665, melody: 15th century “In natali domini” / Bohemian Brothers 1544

Wonderful king, ruler of all of us , text and melody: Joachim Neander 1680

Beautifully magnificent , text: Laurentius von Schnüffis 1692, melody: Einsiedeln 1773

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Show us the way , text and melody: Richard Strauss-König (* 1930)

Show us, Lord, your omnipotence and goodness , text: Raymund Weber 1982, melody: with Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen 1708

Take power, you arm of the Lord , text: Friedrich Oser 1865, melody: Melchior Vulpius 1609

Come in, King of Honor, with me , text: 1735 (?), Melody: Nikolaus Herman 1554

Move in to your gates , text: Paul Gerhardt 1653, melody: Johann Crüger 1653

Follow your path in peace , text: Gustav Knak 1843, melody: Philipp Nicolai 1599

Born in Bethlehem , text: Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld 1637, melody: Paris 1599

To you, oh God, we rise , text: EGB [1972] 1975 after Heinrich Bone, melody: after Caspar Ulenberg 1582

I send my prayer to you , text: after Heinrich Bone 1851, melody: Sursum corda Paderborn 1874

At Easter in Jerusalem, something happened , text: Arnim Juhre 1968, melody: Karl-Wolfgang Wiesenthal 1968

We walk to the lamb's meal , text: after Ad cenam Agni providi , 5th - 6th century, transl .: Münsterschwarzach Abbey 1972, melody: to Hamburg 1690

Between Jericho and Jerusalem , text and melody: Martin Gotthard Schneider 1961

Web links

Markus Mayer: Largest Christian song database - hymns. In: Evangeliums.net. Private website (over 16,000 hymns).
Richard Kopp: German-language song directory. In: Musicanet.org. Private website, 2001.

Individual evidence

↑ Rudolf Grulich: “Maria, Mutter, Friedenshort!” - The Neuzeller Pilgrimage Song , Nidda (2008), accessed on May 7, 2018

[1] Rudolf Grulich: “Maria, Mutter, Friedenshort!” - The Neuzeller Pilgrimage Song , Nidda (2008), accessed on May 7, 2018

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