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| Text: | To Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord |
| Author: | Martin Luther |
| Translator: | Elizabeth Quitmeyer |
| Tune: | CHRIST UNSER HERR ZUM JORDAN |
| Arranger: | Lucas Osiander |
| Composer: | Martin Luther |
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | To Jordan came the Christ, our Lord |
| Title: | To Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord |
| German Title: | Christ unser Herr zum Jordan |
| Author: | Martin Luther (1541) |
| Translator: | Elizabeth Quitmeyer (1962) |
| Meter: | 8.7.8.7.8.7.8.7.7 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Scripture: | |
| Topic: | Epiphany |
| Copyright: | ©1976 Elizabeth Quitmeyer. |
| ONE LICENSE: | 99725 |
| Notes: | Martin Luther, “Christ unser Herr zum Jordan,” text from Ein giestlich Lied, Von vnser heiligen Tauff (1541/2), tr. by Elizabeth Quitmeyer for The Lutheran Hour (1962/3), rev. in the Lutheran Book of Worship (1978). |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | CHRIST UNSER HERR ZUM JORDAN |
| Composer: | Martin Luther (1524) |
| Arranger: | Lucas Osiander (1586) |
| Meter: | 8.7.8.7.8.7.8.7.7 |
| Incipit: | 13454 765 |
| Key: | d minor or modal |
| Notes: | Tune from Geystliche Gesangk Buchleyn (1524), arr. by Lucas Osiander in Fünfftzig Geistliche Lieder und Psalmen (1586). |
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