Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet

Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet. Martin Luther* (1483-1546). The first stanza dates from pre-Reformation times. It is a ‘Doppel-Leise’ (Jenny, Luthers geistliche Lieder, no. 4, pp. 163-4), with ‘Kyrieleyson’ occurring twice in each stanza (lines 5 and 10). It is ascribed to ‘Medingen, ca. 1350’ in EG. Luther added two further stanzas to make a hymn first published in Ein Enchiridion oder Handbuchleyn (Erfurt, 1524), now EG 214. The Hymnal 1982 Companion attributes the music to a Miltenberger Processionale of the 13th century, adapted in Geistliches Gesangbüchlein (1524).  The title of this hymn was simply ‘Der gesang Got sey gelobet’ (Wackernagel, Das Deutsche Kirchenlied III. 10). As in...