Christum wir sollen loben schon
{{Short description|Lutheran Christmas hymn}}
{{Infobox musical composition
| name = "{{Lang|de|Christum wir sollen loben schon|italic=unset}}"
| type = Hymn by Martin Luther
| image = Christum wir sollen loben schon.jpg
| alt =
| caption = The hymn in the Erfurt Enchyridion, 1524
| catalogue = Zahn 297a–c
| text = by Martin Luther
| language = German
| published = {{Start date|1524}}
}}
"{{lang|de|Christum wir sollen loben schon|italic=unset}}" (We should praise Christ beautifully{{efn|"schon" is an old form of "schön" (beautiful)}}) is a Lutheran Christmas hymn with a text by Martin Luther, first published in 1524 in the Erfurt Enchiridion. He wrote it based on the Latin A solis ortus cardine and kept its melody (Zahn No. 297a–b).
A variant of the hymn tune, Zahn No. 297c, was published in 1535. The hymn was used in several musical settings, including the chorale cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 121. Bach wrote an organ chorale prelude BWV 611 for his Orgelbüchlein.{{citation|title=The Organ Music of J. S. Bach|first=Peter |last=Williams|edition=2nd|year=2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=0-521-89115-9|pages=258–260}}
The tune is also used for "From East to West, from Shore to Shore."Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary, #267.
Notes
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References
{{Reflist | 30em
| refs =
| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Texts/Chorale002-Eng3.htm
| title = Christum wir sollen loben schon / Text and Translation of Chorale
| publisher = bach-cantatas.com
| year = 2003
| access-date = 24 February 2015
}}
| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/CM/Christum-wir.htm
| title = Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works / Christum wir sollen loben schon
| publisher = bach-cantatas.com
| year = 2006
| access-date = 24 February 2015
}}
| url = http://www.liederdatenbank.de/song/19860
| title = Christum wir sollen loben schon
| publisher = Christliche Liederdatenbank
| language = German
| access-date = 24 February 2015
}}
| last1 = Zahn
| first1 = Johannes
| author-link1= Johannes Zahn
| date = 1889
| title = Die Melodien der deutschen evangelischen Kirchenlieder
| location = Gütersloh
| publisher = Bertelsmann
| language = de
| pages = 80–81
}}
{{cite book
| last1 = Zahn
| first1 = Johannes
| author-link1= Johannes Zahn
|author-mask=2
| date = 1889
| title = Die Melodien der deutschen evangelischen Kirchenlieder
|url=https://archive.org/details/1508283124bsb11304498
| volume = I
| location = Gütersloh
| publisher = Bertelsmann
| language = de
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/1508283124bsb11304498/page/n87 80–81]
|via=Internet Archive
}}
}}
Literature
{{Wikisourcelang|de|Christum wir sollen loben schon}}
{{Commons category}}
- Wilhelm Lucke: Christum wir sollen loben schon. In: D. Martin Luthers Werke. Kritische Gesamtausgabe, vol 35, Weimar 1923, [https://archive.org/stream/werkekritischege35luthuoft#page/150/mode/1up S. 150–151]
- Ingeborg Weber-Kellermann: Das Buch der Weihnachtslieder. Atlantis-Musikbuch-Verlag, Zürich 2003 (1982), {{ISBN|3-254-08213-3}}.
External links
- [http://www.bach-chorales.com/BWV0121_6.htm BWV 121.6] bach-chorales.com
{{German Lutheran hymns}}
{{Hymn tunes by Zahn number}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:16th-century hymns in German