Lobt Gott, ihr Christen alle gleich

Lobt Gott, ihr Christen alle gleich. Nikolaus Herman* (ca. 1500-1561). This Christmas hymn appears in Herman’s Die Sontags Evangelia uber des gantze Jar, in Gesenger verfasset, für die Kinder und christlichen Haussvetter (Wittenberg, 1560). It had eight 4-line stanzas. It was the first of ‘Drey Geistliche Weinacht Lieder, vom Newgebornen kindlein Jhesu, für die kinder im Joachimstal’ (‘Three Spiritual Christmas Songs of the new-born child Jesus, for the children in Joachimsthal’). It has remained one of the most popular Christmas hymns in Germany, and is found in the Evangelisches Gesangbuch in six stanzas, and in Gotteslob in four stanzas. The omitted stanzas are 4 (‘Er leit an seiner...

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