| Text: | Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming |
| Translator: | Theodore Baker |
| Tune: | ES IST EIN' ROS' |
| Harmonizer: | Michael Praetorius |
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | Lo, how a rose e'er blooming (Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen) |
| Title: | Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming |
| Translator: | Theodore Baker (1894, alt.) |
| Meter: | 76.76.676 |
| Language: | English; German |
| Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Scripture: | |
| Topic: | Jesus Christ: Birth |
| Source: | German: anon., 15th century |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | ES IST EIN' ROS' |
| Harmonizer: | Michael Praetorius (1609) |
| Meter: | 76.76.676 |
| Key: | F Major or modal |
| Source: | Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengeseng, Cologne, 1599 |
Coming from the German Catholic tradition, in which the rose tree is seen as a symbol for Mary or Jesus, this hymn originally had twenty-three stanzas relating the events in Luke 1 and 2 and Matthew 2