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Text:Comfort, comfort, O my people
Author:Johannes Olearius
Translator:Catherine Winkworth
Tune:GENEVA 42 (FREU DICH SEHR)
Composer:Louis Bourgeois
Harmonization adapted from:Claude Goudimel

176. Comfort, comfort, O my people

Text Information
First Line: Comfort, comfort, O my people
Title: Comfort, comfort, O my people
Author: Johannes Olearius
Translator: Catherine Winkworth
Language: English
Publication Date: 1992
Scripture:
Source: Tröstet, tröstet, mein Lieben, Geistliche Singe-kunst, 1671; Chorale Book for England, 1863, alt.
Tune Information
Name: GENEVA 42 (FREU DICH SEHR)
Composer: Louis Bourgeois
Harmonization adapted from: Claude Goudimel
Meter: 87. 87. 77. 88
Key: F Major
Source: Genevan Psalter, 1551; Les Pseaumes..., 1565



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