Wer Gott vertraut hat wohl gebaut
Wer Gott vertraut hat wohl gebaut. Joachim Magdeburg* (1525- ?).
Wackernagel, Das Deutsche Kirchenlied III. 1035-43, prints stanza 1 as ‘Wer Gott vertrawt hat wol gebawt’ from Christliche und Tröstliche Tischgesenge, mit vier Stimmen… durch Joachimum Magdeburgium, Gardenlebensem (Erfurt, 1571, 1572), saying that the authorship is not absolutely certain; stanzas 2 and 3 are printed from Harmonia Cantionum Ecclesiasticarum. Durch Sethum Calvisium (Leipzig, 1597), and from an Eisleben Gesangbuch of 1598. In EG, where it is found in the ‘Angst und Vertrauen’ section, the first stanza is attributed to Magdeburg and stanza s 2 and 3 to ‘Leipzig, 1597’.
Magdeburg’s insistent rhyming proved...
If you have a valid subscription to Dictionary of Hymnology, please log inlog in to view this content. If you require a subscription, please click here.
MLA style (see MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, 3rd Ed.)
. "Wer Gott vertraut hat wohl gebaut."
The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. Canterbury Press. Web. 23 Sep. 2020.<
http://www.hymnology.co.uk/w/wer-gott-vertraut-hat-wohl-gebaut>.
Chicago style (see The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Ed.)
. "Wer Gott vertraut hat wohl gebaut."
The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. Canterbury Press, accessed September 23, 2020,
http://www.hymnology.co.uk/w/wer-gott-vertraut-hat-wohl-gebaut.