Jesu, meines Glaubens Zier
| Jesu, meines Glaubens Zier | |
|---|---|
| Other name | It is finished! Christ hath known |
| Genre | Passion hymn |
| Text | by Gottfried Wilhelm Sacer |
| Language | German |
| Meter | 78.87.87.87 |
| Melody | Anonymous (1714) |
| Published | text: 1661; melody: 1714 |
Jesu, meines Glaubens Zier is a German Lutheran hymn by Gottfried Wilhelm Sacer, first published in 1661.[1] Its hymn tune, Zahn No. 6453, was first published in 1714, in Freylinghausen's hymnal.[2] In 1736 the hymn was adopted in Schemellis Gesangbuch, with a figured bass accompaniment which may have been contributed by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 472).[3]
The tune is also known in English due to its presence in the 1906 English Hymnal and its 1986 successor, where it appears to "It is finished! Christ hath known", a Passion text by Gabriel Gillett[4] written for the 1906 publication and based on Jesus' dying words, per the Gospel of John, "tetelestai" ("It is finished!"),[5] which inspired many other hymns.[6]
Text
[edit]The original German text is a Passion hymn[1] in five stanzas of eight lines each.[3] An English-language version of the hymn, not a translation of the original but sharing its rhyme scheme and Passion theme, has three stanzas.[7] The author of that version, who exemplifies the conservative tradition of the beginning of the 20th-century, pleads, in a "very sensitive and beautiful text",[8] for Christ, as maker of human joys and sorrows, to lead his flock upon the same path of self-sacrifice. The poet's tone and theology are medieval in nature, the text as a whole expanding on medieval analogies between Nature and Christian mythology.[9]
Tune
[edit]The hymn tune of "Jesu, meines Glaubens Zier" was first published in Freylinghausen's hymnal in 1714.[2] The setting which appears in Schemellis Gesangbuch only consists of a vocal line (melody) and a figured bass.[3] A realisation of this was published in the English Hymnal, and this setting is transcribed below.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lyon 2005, pp. 145–146.
- ^ a b Zahn 1891, p. 73.
- ^ a b c Jesu, meines Glaubens Zier (sacred song) BWV 472 at Bach Digital.
- ^ "It Is Finished!". Hymnary.org. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ See John 19:30.
- ^ "It is finished! Christ hath known". The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. Canterbury Press.
- ^ a b The New English Hymnal. Norwich: Canterbury Press. 1986. pp. 817–818.
- ^ Routley 1979, no. 342B.
- ^ Adey 1986, pp. 177–178.
Sources
[edit]- "Jesu, meines Glaubens Zier (sacred song) BWV 472". Bach Digital. Leipzig: Bach Archive; et al. 2019-03-11.
- Adey, Lionel (1986). Hymns and the Christian Myth (digital ed.). UBC Press (published 1 November 2011). ISBN 9780774844901.
- Lyon, James (2005). Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorals. Guides musicologiques (in French). Vol. 6. Beauchesne. ISBN 270101493X. ISSN 0246-3865.
- Routley, Erik (1979). An English-Speaking Hymnal Guide. Liturgical Press. ISBN 978-0-8146-1015-2.
- Zahn, Johannes (1891). Die Melodien der deutschen evangelischen Kirchenlieder (in German). Vol. IV. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann.
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External links
[edit]- Jesu, meines Glaubens Zier, BWV 472: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- BWV 472: Jesu, meines Glaubens Zier at djtascha
.de - It is finished! Christ hath known, (Jesu Meines Glaubens Zier) in various print and audio formats at www
.smallchurchmusic .com - Jesu, meines Glaubens Zier BWV.472 at Muziekweb website (recordings)
- "Chorale Melody: Jesu, meines Glaubens Zier". www.bach-cantatas.com.