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CORNER

Composer: D. Corner
Published in 21 hymnals

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Composer: D. Corner

David Gregor Corner, born circa 1585 in Hirschberg, Germany (now Jelenia Góra, Poland) was a German Benedictine abbot, hymn writer and theologian best known for his influential 1631 Gross Catholisches Gesängbuch ("Great Catholic Hymnal"). He studied theology at Prague, Graz and Vienna, where he earned a doctorate. He became a pastor in Retz in 1614. In 1628 he became a novice monk at Göttweig Abbey. By 1636, Corner was the abbot of Göttweig, where he became a leading figure of the Counter-Reformation, and was made Rector of the University of Vienna in 1638. He died 9 January 1648 at Göttweig. His magnum opus, the Catholische Gesängbuch was published in 1625, and a later publication from 1631 contained 546 hymns and 276 melodies (in… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	CORNER
Composer:	D. Corner
Meter:	8.6.8.6.6
Incipit:	33451 12123 12345
Key:	F Major
Source:	"Geistliche Nachtigall", Corner, 1649;Traditional Melody pub. by D. G. Corner, Vienna, 1649
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

The Cradle

The night is dark, the winds are still

Come see this little stranger That lies all warm within

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Organ Solo

The Organist's Library Volume 20
Composer/Editor Henry Kihlken
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1996) pp. 93
The Organ Portfolio Volume 59 Number 2 November 1995: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for the Church Organist
Composer/Editors Dorothy Wells; Henry Kihlken
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1995) pp. 93
Chimes for Christmas Organ Music
Composer/Editors Dorothy Wells; Roger C. Wilson
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1989) pp. 14
The Many Moods of Christmas No. 2: Easy Organ Music for Worship
Composer/Editor Roger C. Wilson
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1974) pp. 32
The Organist Volume 75 Number 5 November 1971: A Bi-monthly Publication for Church Organists
Composer/Editor Roger C. Wilson
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1971) pp. 36
An American Organ Mass
Composer/Editor Richard Irven Purvis
Published By: Harold Flammer, Inc. (1953) pp. 20