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Alle Menschen Höret Auf Dies Neue Lied
"" (All people, listen to this new song) is a Christian offertory hymn with German text, translated in 1972 by Sigisbert Kraft from a 1966 Dutch hymn by Simon Jelsma with a melody by Wim ter Burg. It appeared from 1975 in German hymnals and song books. History was a priest and later bishop of the Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany, Old Catholics in Germany. He translated in 1972 a Dutch song that had written in 1966. The Dutch song came with a melody written by . The hymn was included in regional sections of the first common German Catholic hymnal Gotteslob (1975), ''Gotteslob'' of 1975, such as GL 928 in the Diocese of Limburg, and its Gotteslob, 2013 edition, such as GL 717 in the Diocese of St. Pölten and GL 730 in Limburg. It is also part of other songbooks, including ecumenical collections and books for children and young people. Text, theme and melody The text, in five stanzas of eight short lines each, addresses all people, first to listen. In the secon ...
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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'' derives from Greek language, Greek (''hymnos''), which means "a song of praise". A writer of hymns is known as a hymnist. The singing or composition of hymns is called hymnody. Collections of hymns are known as hymnals or hymn books. Hymns may or may not include instrumental accompaniment. Polyhymnia is the Greco/Roman goddess of hymns. Although most familiar to speakers of English in the context of Christianity, hymns are also a fixture of other major religious groups, world religions, especially on the Indian subcontinent (''stotras''). Hymns also survive from antiquity, especially from Egyptian and Greek cultures. Some of the oldest surviving examples of notated music are hymns with Greek texts. Origins Ancient Eastern hymns include th ...
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