Voices Together ‎#269

269. Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly

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Text Information

• First Line: Break forth, O beauteous heav’nly light
• Title: Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly
• Author: Johann von Rist
• Translator (stanza 1): John Troutbeck (ca. 1885)
• Translator (stanzas 2–3): Fred Pratt Green (1986)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7.7
• Publication Date: 2020
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 9:2
  ;
  Isaiah 58:8
  ;
  Luke 2:1-20
  ;
  John 1:1-14
  ;
  John 8:12
• Topic: Incarnation; Jesus Christ: Epiphany of
• Source: “Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist,” Himmlische Lieder, 1641
• Copyright: trans. (stanzas 2–3) © 1989 Hope Publishing Co.

Tune Information

• Name: ERMUNTRE DICH
• Composer: Johann Schop
• Harmonizer: J. S. Bach
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7.7
• Key: F Major
• Source: Himmlische Lieder, 1641; harm. J. S. Bach (present-day Germany), Christmas Oratorio, 1734