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"" (Christ rose to Heaven) is a German Ascension hymn. The church song is based the medieval melody of the Easter hymn "". It was an ecumenical song from the beginning, with the first stanza published in 1480, then included in a Lutheran hymnal in 1545, and expanded by the Catholic Johannes Leisentritt in 1567. It appears in modern German Catholic and Protestant hymnals, and has inspired musical settings by composers from the 16th to the 21st century. History Most 15th century church hymns were sung in Latin. A few chants on high holidays sung in German became the first to introduce vernacular language into the liturgy. They began as inserts into tropes in Latin sequences. "" is a Leise, an early church song in German, each verse ending with the word "Kyrieleis" (from the Greek "kyrie eleison", for "Lord have mercy". It is modeled after the Easter Leise "". The hymn, one stanza and Alleluia, appeared first in Crailsheim in 1480, in a ''Schulordnung'', where it was inserted in t ...
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Johannes Leisentritt
Johannes Leisentritt, also Johann Leisentrit (May 1527 – 24 November 1586) was a Catholic priest, dean of St. Peter in Bautzen and administrator of the Diocese of Meißen, responsible for Lusatia. He is known for publishing a 1567 hymnal. Career Born in Olmütz to a family of craftsmen, Leisentritt studied theology in Krakau and was consecrated as a priest in March 1549. He was from 1559 dean of the collegiate St. Peter in Bautzen. Bishop John IX of Haugwitz made him the ''Generalkommissar der Ober- und Niederlausitz'', responsible for Lusatia, for both Catholics and Protestants. When the Diocese of Meißen became Protestant that year. Leisentritt was appointed by the pope as administrator of the diocese. Leisentritt died in Bautzen and was buried in St. Peter, the Bautzen Cathedral. Hymnal Leisentritt is known for the publication of the 1567 hymnal ''Geistliche Lieder und Psalmen der Alten Apostolischer recht und warglaubiger Christlicher Kirchen'' (Spiritual songs and ...
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Georg Thurmair
Georg Thurmair (7 February 1909 – 20 January 1984) was a German poet who wrote around 300 hymns, a writer, journalist and author of documentary films. Career Born in Munich, he took commercial training and worked from 1926 as a secretary at the . He became an assistant to who had worked in Munich from 1923, but moved to Düsseldorf when he was elected president of the ''Katholischer Jungmännerverband Deutschlands''. Thurmair studied at the Düsseldorf Abendgymnasium. In 1932 Thurmair edited at a national meeting of the several editions of the weekly ''Junge Front'', which was directed against the emerging National Socialism. The Nazis claimed the title, and it had to be renamed ''Michael'' in 1935, and was banned in 1936. Thurmair worked on two songbooks of the ''Jungmännerverband'', ' and ''Das gelbe Singeschiff''. From 1934, Thurmair was an editor of the youth journal ''Die Wacht'', which first published in 1935 his hymns " Nun, Brüder, sind wir frohgemut" (known as the ...
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15th-century Hymns
The 15th century was the century which spans the Julian dates from 1 January 1401 ( MCDI) to 31 December 1500 ( MD). In Europe, the 15th century includes parts of the Late Middle Ages, the Early Renaissance, and the early modern period. Many technological, social and cultural developments of the 15th century can in retrospect be seen as heralding the "European miracle" of the following centuries. The architectural perspective, and the modern fields which are known today as banking and accounting were founded in Italy. The Hundred Years' War ended with a decisive French victory over the English in the Battle of Castillon. Financial troubles in England following the conflict resulted in the Wars of the Roses, a series of dynastic wars for the throne of England. The conflicts ended with the defeat of Richard III by Henry VII at the Battle of Bosworth Field, establishing the Tudor dynasty in the later part of the century. Constantinople, known as the capital of the world an ...
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German Christian Hymns
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1480 Works
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Südwest Presse
''Südwest Presse'' is a German daily newspaper based in Ulm, which is distributed in Ulm, Neu-Ulm, Alb-Donau-Kreis and Landkreis Neu-Ulm. It is also the name of a regional cooperative venture (called a ''Zeitungsverbund'' – newspaper composite) of over 20 local publications that share regional and national features. All of these newspapers together cover about a third of Baden-Württemberg. Südwest's publishing house Neue Pressegesellschaft prints most of them. History Circulation The paid circulation of all regional imprints in 2012 was 294,251 (excluding ''Bietigheimer Zeitung'' and ''Eberbacher Zeitung''), while the paid circulation of the ''Südwest Presse'' newspaper was 59,959. The distribution area of Ulm, Neu-Ulm and Alb-Donau-Kreis overlaps with several other dailies, including ''Schwäbische Zeitung'', the '' Augsburger Allgemeinen'' and the '' Stuttgarter Nachrichten'', and so there is a competitive relationship despite their correspondent and economic co-oper ...
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (V&R) is a scholarly publishing house based in Göttingen, Germany. It was founded in 1735 by (1700-1750) in connection with the establishment of the Georg-August-Universität in the same city. After Abraham Vandenhoeck's death in 1750, his English-born widow, Anna Vandenhoeck, née Parry (d. 1787) successfully continued the business together with Carl Friedrich Günther Ruprecht (born 1730), who had entered the business as an eighteen-year-old apprentice in 1748. At the death of Anna Vandenhoeck in 1787, Ruprecht took over the business which he led until his death in 1816, when he was succeeded by his 25-year-old son Carl August Adolf Ruprecht (1791-1861). The management of the company remained in the hands of the Ruprecht family for seven generations. The traditional core areas of the publications of V&R are Theology and Religion, History, Ancient History, Philosophy and Philology. Current production also includes schoolbooks and non-academic publi ...
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Reformation
The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in particular to papal authority, arising from what were perceived to be errors, abuses, and discrepancies by the Catholic Church. The Reformation was the start of Protestantism and the split of the Western Church into Protestantism and what is now the Roman Catholic Church. It is also considered to be one of the events that signified the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the early modern period in Europe.Davies ''Europe'' pp. 291–293 Prior to Martin Luther, there were many earlier reform movements. Although the Reformation is usually considered to have started with the publication of the '' Ninety-five Theses'' by Martin Luther in 1517, he was not excommunicated by Pope Leo X until January 1521. The Diet of Worms of May 152 ...
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Christopher Tambling
Christopher Tambling (13 May 1964 – 3 October 2015) was a British composer, organist and choirmaster. From 1997 to 2015 he was Director of Music at Downside School and organist and Choirmaster of the Schola Cantorum at Downside Abbey, leading the choir to international success. Life He received his musical education from Malcolm McKelvey at Christ's Hospital in Horsham, Sussex and at St Peter's College, Oxford. He later became the city organist and conductor of the Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of Glenalmond College in Perth, Scotland. His organ pupils have gone on to continuing success, including scholarships to Oxford and Cambridge. Tambling died in Somerset in 2015 and was survived by his wife and two sons, both of whom are professional musicians. Works Tambling established himself as a composer and arranger of choral and organ works especially, well beyond the borders of his country. His compositions are often characterized by a romantic, expressive and an easy ...
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Hugo Distler
August Hugo Distler (24 June 1908 – 1 November 1942)Slonimsky & Kuhn, ''Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians'', v. 2, p. 889 was a German organist, choral conductor, teacher and composer. Life and career Born in Nuremberg, Distler attended the Leipzig Conservatory from 1927 to 1931, first as a conducting student with piano as his secondary subject, but changing later, on the advice of his teacher, to composition and organ. He studied there with Martienssen (piano), Günther Ramin ( organ) and Grabner (harmony). He became the organist at St. Jacobi in Lübeck in 1931. In 1933 he married Waltraut Thienhaus. That same year he joined the NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers' Party), reluctantly, as his continued employment depended on his doing so. In October 1933 Distler was appointed head of the chamber music department at the Lübeck Conservatory, and at about the same time he began teaching at the Spandauer Kirchenmusikschule (Spandau school of church music).Klaus ...
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Johannes Werlin
Johann Werlin (died ca. 1680) was a German Baroque composer. Works *Werlin, Johannes: »Irenodiae, Oder Friedens-Gesäng, Das ist: Neue Geistliche Concert ... Auff jetzo gebräuchliche Italiänische Invention«. Ulm: Johann Görlin (Balthasar Kühn), 1643/1644.31 geistl. Konzerte zu 2, 3 und 4 Stimmen in unterschiedlichen Besetzungen und B.c. Neuausgabe: Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Bayern, Druck i. Vb. on ''Friedens-Seufftzer und Jubel-Geschrey'' - Music for the Peace of Westphalia. Weser-Renaissance Ensemble Bremen dir. Manfred Cordes Manfred Cordes (born 1953) is a German conductor of early music, musicologist and teacher. He is professor at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen and was its rector from 2007 to 2012. Publications * ''Die lateinischen Motetten des Iacobus Regnar .... cpo References 1680s deaths German Baroque composers Year of birth unknown 17th-century classical composers German male classical composers 17th-century male musicians {{Germany-compo ...
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Gotteslob
''Gotteslob'' ("Praise of God") is the title of the hymnbook authorized by the Catholic dioceses in Germany, Austria, South Tyrol, Luxembourg and Liège, Belgium. First published in Advent 2013, it is the current official hymnal for German-speaking Catholics, succeeding the first common German hymnal, the 1975 edition of the same name. Each diocese published a book containing a common section and a regional section. The first editions amounted to around 4 million copies. History ''Gotteslob'' was developed as a sequel of the first common German hymnal, ''Gotteslob'' of 1975. It was developed over a period of 10 years by around 100 experts, who studied the use of hymns, conducting surveys and running tests in selected congregations. ''Gotteslob'' was published by Catholic dioceses in Germany, Austria, South Tyrol, and is also used by German-speaking parishes in Luxembourg and the Diocese of Liège, Belgium. It was introduced from Advent 2013, beginning on 1 December. It is ...
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