Die beste Zeit im Jahr ist mein
Die beste Zeit im Jahr ist mein. Martin Luther* (1483-1546).
This four-stanza hymn is praise of music (EG 319) is found in the ‘Loben und Danken’ (‘Praise and Thanks’) section of EG. It is taken from Luther’s poem, ‘Frau Musica’, printed in the foreword to Johann Walter*’s Lob und preis der löblichen Kunst Musica (Wittenberg, 1538), and later in the edition of Geistliche Lieder (Wittenberg, 1544). In some printings it is given the title ‘Vorrede auf alle gute Gesangbücher. D.M.L. Frau [or Fraw] Musica.’ (‘Foreword to all good hymn books. Doctor Martin Luther. Lady Music’). It is Luther’s delightful poem in praise of ‘Lady Music’, beginning ‘Fur allen freuden auff erden/ Kan niemand keine...
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