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My Purchased Files| Text: | Fairest Lord Jesus |
| Tune: | SCHÖNSTER HERR JESU (St. Elizabeth) |
| Harmonizer: | Richard S. Willis |
109. Fairest Lord Jesus
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Fairest Lord Jesus, ruler of all nature |
| Title: | Fairest Lord Jesus |
| Meter: | 568.558 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Topic: | Jesus Christ: Adoration and Praise; Jesus Christ: Nature of |
| Source: | Münster Gesangbuch, 1677; Tr. Church Chorals and Choir Studies, 1850, alt. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | SCHÖNSTER HERR JESU (St. Elizabeth) |
| Harmonizer: | Richard S. Willis (1850) |
| Meter: | 568.558 |
| Key: | D Major |
| Source: | Schlesische Volkslieder, 1842 |
Text Information:
The German text of this hymn, which first appeared in a 1662 manuscript, was combined with this Silesian folk tune in 1842. An English translation and this tune were introduced to the United States in 1850
Tune Information:
The German text of this hymn, which first appeared in a 1662 manuscript, was combined with this Silesian folk tune in 1842. An English translation and this tune were introduced to the United States in 1850
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