Now thank everyone and bring honor

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Memorial plaque on the Nikolaikirche in Berlin

Now thank we all, and bring honor is a German hymn that of Paul Gerhardt sealed and in 1647 Johann Crüger hymnal practice pietatis melica was first released. In the edition of 1653 Crüger added his own melody.

As a general thanksgiving song, the song appeared in many hymn books, in the Protestant hymn book as well as in the Catholic praise of God . It inspired settings from the 17th to the 21st centuries.

history

When Paul Gerhardt wrote Nun danket all and bring honor , he was 40 years old, had finished his theological studies, but had not yet found a suitable pastor. He worked as a private teacher in Berlin. The Thirty Years War came to an end. Gerhardt wrote a thank you song in nine stanzas of four lines each. He was referring to a biblical text from the book Jesus Sirach , 50: 22–24, which expresses thanks and praise from God and asks for further assistance. The same section was the basis of the song Nun danket alle Gott , written by Martin Rinckart in 1630, and numerous other works from the 17th century. For Gerhardt music was a picture of heavenly bliss and the order of creation, as he makes clear in some stanzas of his song Go out, my heart, and seek Freud .

Now thank everyone and bring honor was published by Johann Crüger, who was a church musician at the Nikolaikirche in Berlin. The song first appeared in his hymn book Praxis pietatis melica in the 1647 edition, when one of the first 18 songs by Gerhardt, next to Ein Lämmlein goes and bears the guilt , the Easter song Auf, auf, mein Herz, with joy , the morning song Wach auf , my heart, and sing , and the evening song Now all forests rest . In the following edition of 1653, which already contained 80 songs by Gerhardt, it appeared with a melody by Crüger.

The song was sung at the end of an all-day event in Leipzig that celebrated the Peace of Hubertusburg on March 21, 1763 .

In the Evangelical Hymn book the song is EG 322, in the Catholic Praise to God it is GL 403 with stanzas 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 and 9.

Text (Protestant hymn book)

Now thank everyone and bring honor to the practice Pietatis Melica 1653

1. Now thank everyone and bring honor,
you people in the world,
to him whose praise the angel host
in heaven always reports.

2. Encourage yourselves and sing with sound to
God, our greatest good,
who
does his miracles everywhere and great things;

3, who
keeps us fresh and healthy from the womb
and, where no one can not help,
makes himself a helper;

4. Who , whether we grieve him equally deeply,
but remain in good
spirits, forgive the punishment, forgive the guilt
and do us all that is good.

5. May he give us a cheerful heart,
refresh our minds and spirit,
and throw all fear, fear, sorrow and pain
into the depths of the sea.

6. Let his peace rest
on our people and our land;
he gives happiness to our deeds
and salvation to all standing.

7. He let his love and kindness go
around, with and with us,
but what fears and strives
are far from us.

8. As long as this life lasts,
let it always be our salvation,
and when we part from the earth it
remains our part.

9. When the heart breaks, he
presses our eyes
shut and then shows us his face
there in eternal rest.

Melodies and settings

Johann Crüger published the song in 1647 in Praxis pietatis melica , probably without a melody. In the 1653 edition he added a melody and a figured bass . It resembles melodies from the Geneva Psalter for Psalm 75 and Psalm 97 , which also express gratitude. The first two lines are connected, and the other two repeat the rhythmic pattern, with a climax at the beginning of the third line.

The song appeared in the New Leipzig hymn book with the melody of Praise God, you Christians all alike . In this version, Johann Sebastian Bach composed the song in four parts as the end of his cantata Dem Gerechten muss das Licht , BWV 195. The song appears in current German hymn books with Crüger's melody.

Hugo Distler composed a chorale cantata , No. 2 of his op. 11. Ulrich Metzner wrote an organ work Toccata sopra “Now thank all and bring honor” 2009. Günter Berger composed a dance toccata for organ that was published by Strube in 2015.

Web links

Commons : Now thank everyone and bring honor  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Uwe Sundermann: Sermon on "Now thank everyone and bring honor" (eg 322) . 2007. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Peter Ernst Bernoulli: 322 "Now thank everyone and bring honor" . In: Wolfgang Herbst (Hrsg.): Liederkunde zum Evangelisches Gesangbuch . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013, ISBN 978-3-52-550341-6 , pp. 50-57.
  3. ↑ Now thank all and bring ore ( English ) Retrieved on 17 May 2018th
  4. ↑ a b c Carsten Wiebusch: About the setting of Paul Gerhardt's lyrics . Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  5. ↑ Jeffrey F. Sposato: Leipzig After Bach: Church and Concert Life in a German City . Oxford University Press, 2018, ISBN 978-0-19-061695-3 , p. 117.
  6. ↑ a b EG 322 / GL 403 / Now thank everyone and bring honor . Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  7. ↑ 1653: "In Israeli's Land"
  8. ↑ Luke Dahn: BWV 195.6 ( English ) 2017. Accessed on May 18, 2018.
  9. ^ Directory of Distler's works . Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  10. ↑ Toccata sopra “Now thank all and bring honor” (Metzner, Ulrich) : Notes and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
  11. ↑ Now thank everyone and bring Ehr / dance toccata for organ. Strube