Schönster Herr Jesu / Fairest Lord Jesus (Christoph Dalitz)

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CPDL #18362: With German Text:  (PDF)  With English Text:   (PDF)

Editor: Christoph Dalitz (added 2008-11-27). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 68 kbytes Copyright: CC BY-SA 3.0 Germany

Edition notes: Two settings for four part choir and two solo voices to be sung alternatingly.

General Information

Title: Schönster Herr Jesu / Fairest Lord Jesus
Composer: Christoph Dalitz

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Hymns

Languages: German, English
Instruments: Basso continuo (Organ)
Published: 2008

Description: These settings are based on the original baroque melody and not on the later 19th century melody.

Original text and translations

The original German text is from a hymn book from Münster (Germany) from 1677. The English translation of stanzas 1-4 is by Josaph A. Seiss form 1873. The English translation of stanza 5 is by Christoph Dalitz, because Seiss had dropped this stanza, which refers to 1 Cor 11, 23-25.

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