148. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

Text Information
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


Text Information:

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


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