| Text: | From Heaven High I Come to Earth |
| Author: | Martin Luther |
| Translator: | Roland Bainton |
| Tune: | VOM HIMMEL HOCH |
| Composer (attributed to): | Martin Luther |
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | From heaven high I come to earth |
| Title: | From Heaven High I Come to Earth |
| Author: | Martin Luther (c. 1535) |
| Translator: | Roland Bainton (1947, alt.) |
| Meter: | LM |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Scripture: | |
| Topic: | Jesus Christ: Birth |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | VOM HIMMEL HOCH |
| Composer (attributed to): | Martin Luther |
| Meter: | LM |
| Key: | C Major |
| Source: | Schumann's Geistliche Lieder, Leipzig, 1539 |
Luther authored text and tune for a Christmas play for his children. His son Hans sang the angel's stanzas (1-3) of good news and the family sang their response in the following stanzas