Guido Maria Dreves (27 October 1854 – 1 June 1909) was a

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hymnologist Hymnology (from Greek ὕμνος ''hymnos'', "song of praise" and -λογία ''-logia'', "study of") is the scholarly study of religious song, or the hymn, in its many aspects, with particular focus on choral and congregational song. It may be m ...

and

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. He was the son of the

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and

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Lebrecht Blücher Dreves Lebrecht Blücher Dreves (12 September 1816 – 19 December 1870) was a German poet and translator of poetry from Hamburg. Biography The Prussian general Blucher was his baptismal sponsor, whence his name. At age nineteen he submitted a ...

Life

Dreves was born in

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. He already had contact with

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at school, as he attended the Stella Matutina

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from 1861. After completing his education, he immediately entered the Jesuit order in November 1869. He completed his

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and then studied at the , at the religious house in Bleijenbeek Castle in the Netherlands and at the Jesuit College of Ditton-Hall in

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, England. He devoted his research mainly to medieval Latin hymnody. He is especially important as the author and editor of the ''Analecta hymnica medii aevi'', the largest collection of medieval Latin poetry to date (

hymn A hymn is a type of song, and partially synonymous with devotional song, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification. The word ''hymn'' ...

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, tropes, rhyming offices and

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s). With astonishing diligence, Dreves searched libraries all over Europe for old manuscripts and

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s. From 1886 to 1926, 55 volumes of ''Analecta'' were published, from volume 25 onwards Clemens Blume co-editor.Guido Maria Dreves
on Carus-verlag Dreves died in

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bei Kronach (Oberfranken) at the age of 54.

Works

* ''Stimmen durch den Lenz'' (poems). 1881 * ''O Christ hie merk! Ein Gesangbüchlein geistlicher Lieder.'' (sacred songs) 1885 * ''Analecta hymnica medii aevi''. 55 volumes. 1886–1926 (Reprint: Minerva, Frankfurt 1961
digital
Rauner, Augsburg 2004–2005, via * ''Aurelius Ambrosius, der Vater des Kirchengesanges. Eine hymnologische Studie''. 1893 (Neudruck Grüner, Amsterdam 1968) * ''Schwert-Lilien. Sagen und Gesch. des Hohen Deutschen Ordens''. 1898 * ''Ein Jahrtausend lateinischer Hymnendichtung''. 1909 (2 volumes, published posthumously by Christian Blume) The ''

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-speaki ...

'' hymnal contains his songs: * "

Gelobt seist du, Herr Jesu Christ "Gelobt seist du, Herr Jesu Christ" (Praised be you, Lord Jesus Christ) is a Catholic hymn, addressing Jesus as the King. The five stanzas, composed in 1886, was written by the German Jesuit and hymnologist Guido Maria Dreves, and the melody was ...

" (375) * " Ein Danklied sei dem Herrn" (382) * "Sagt an, wer ist doch diese" (531)

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Dreves, Guido Maria
on BMLO *
Index zur Analecta hymnica

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