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My Purchased Files| Text: | A Mighty Fortress Is Our God |
| Alterer (st. 3): | Ruth Duck |
| Author: | Martin Luther |
| Translator: | Frederick H. Hedge |
| Tune: | EIN' FESTE BURG |
| Composer: | Martin Luther |
469. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark |
| Title: | A Mighty Fortress Is Our God |
| Author: | Martin Luther (c. 1529) |
| Translator: | Frederick H. Hedge (1852, alt.) |
| Alterer (st. 3): | Ruth Duck (1981) |
| Meter: | 87.87.66.667 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Scripture: | ; |
| Topic: | Church: Special Days - Reformation; God: Strength, Protection and Trust; Pilgrimage |
| Copyright: | St. 3 alt © 1981, 1990 Ruth C. Duck |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | EIN' FESTE BURG |
| Composer: | Martin Luther (c. 1529) |
| Meter: | 87.87.66.667 |
| Key: | C Major |
Text Information:
Based on Psalm 46, this hymn by Martin Luther was probably inspired by the 1529 meeting that gave birth to the word 'Protestant.' Luther wrote or edited thirty-seven hymns and many hymn tunes
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