NURNBERG

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was born at Eisenach into a musical family and in a town steeped in Reformation history, he received early musical training from his father and older brother, and elementary education in the classical school Luther had earlier attended. Throughout his life he made extraordinary efforts to learn from other musicians. At 15 he walked to Lüneburg to work as a chorister and study at the convent school of St. Michael. From there he walked 30 miles to Hamburg to hear Johann Reinken, and 60 miles to Celle to become familiar with French composition and performance traditions. Once he obtained a month's leave from his job to hear Buxtehude, but stayed nearly four months. He arranged compositions from Vivaldi and other Itali… Go to person page >

Adapter: John Wilson

Born January 21, 1905, in Bournville, Birmingham, England; died July 16, 1992, in Guildford, Surrey, England. He served as Vice President of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and was a Fellow of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Leland Bryant Ross from a biographical article in the journal of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland: https://hymnsocietygbi.org.uk/1992/10/treasure-no-58-john-wilson-1905-92 Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: NURNBERG
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Adapter: John Wilson
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 51271 65432 123
Key: F Major
Source: Schemelli's Gesangbuch, 1736
Copyright: Adapt. used by permission of Oxford University Press

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Common Praise #113

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CPWI Hymnal #121

Hymns and Psalms #174a

Hymns and Psalms #547

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Rejoice in the Lord #273

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Small Church Music #6976

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The New English Hymnal #87

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