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[Volk des Herrn, erhebe dich]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Incipit: 51173 21111 55443

Volk des Herrn, erhebe dich

Author: Dr. C. G. Barth, P., 1799-1862 Appears in 2 hymnals Used With Tune: [Volk des Herrn, erhebe dich]

Wer hat dich, du schöner Wald

Author: Joseph Freiherr v. Eichendorff, 1788-1857 Appears in 1 hymnal Used With Tune: [Wer hat dich, du schöner Wald]

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Volk des Herrn, erhebe dich

Author: Dr. C. G. Barth, P., 1799-1862 Hymnal: Liederkranz für Sonntags-Schulen und Jugend-Vereine #174 (1898) Languages: German Tune Title: [Volk des Herrn, erhebe dich]

Wer hat dich, du schöner Wald

Author: Joseph Freiherr v. Eichendorff, 1788-1857 Hymnal: Liederkranz für Sonntags-Schulen und Jugend-Vereine #175 (1898) Languages: German Tune Title: [Wer hat dich, du schöner Wald]

1799 - 1862 Person Name: Dr. C. G. Barth, P., 1799-1862 Author of "Volk des Herrn, erhebe dich" in Liederkranz für Sonntags-Schulen und Jugend-Vereine Barth, Christian Gottlob, son of C. F. Barth, house painter in Stuttgart, was born at Stuttgart, July 31,1799. He studied at Tubingen, where he was the principal founder of the Missionary Society, and was only restrained by his mother's entreaties from offering himself as a missionary. He became, in 1821, assistant at Neckarweihingen and Dornham, and, in 1822, curate in charge of Effringen and Schönbrunn, near Nagold. In 1824 he was appointed pastor of Möttlingen, near Calw, but resigned his charge in 1838, and settled in Calw, receiving in the same year the degree of D.D. from the University.of Greifswald. He died at Calw of apoplexy, Nov. 12, 1862. At Calw he devoted himself as a writer and preacher to children, as a preacher and writer in the cause of missions to the heathen and to the Jews, and as the founder and director of the Tract Society of Calw. One of his books, the Bible History, reached its 160th edition in 1872, and had then been translated into 24 European, 18 Asiatic, 7 African, and 3 South Sea languages. He frequently attended the meetings of the Religious Tract Society of London, and was a member of the Evangelical Alliance (Koch, vii. 199-210; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, ii. 94-95). Of his hymns there have been translated into English:— i. Auf einem Berg ein Baumlein stand. [Holy Scripture]. Included in his Lieder und Gedichte fur Christenkinder, Calw, 1842, p. 83, in 4 stanzas. Previously in J. Köbner's Christl. Harfentöne, Hamburg, 1840, p. 115. The translations are:— (1) "Upon a hill there stands a tree," by Dr. H. Mills, 1845 (1856, p. 25), and thence in P. Stow's Ocean Melodies, Boston, U.S., 1849. (2) "A tree grows on a mountain," by Mrs. Bevan, 1859, p. 138. (3) "A tree stood on a mountain," in Dr. H. W. Dulcken's Golden Harp, 1864, p. 22. (4) " On a hill stands a beautiful tree," in W. B. Bradbury's Fresh Laurels, N. Y., 1867, p. 15, signed "L. W." (5) " Lo, on a mount a tree doth stand," by Mrs. H. K. Spaeth, as No. 60 in the Pennsylvania Lutheran Little Children's Book, Philadelphia, 1885. ii. Erhebe dich, du Volk des Herrn. [Missions.] Written for the Basel Mission Festival, June 12, 1833, In his Christliche Gedichte, Stuttgart, 1836, p. 18, in 8 stanzas. Translated as “Ye people of the Lord, arise!" by Dr. H. Mills, 1856, p. 202. iii. Hütter, ist die Nacht verschwtinden. [Missions.] Written for the 20th anniversary, June 27,1835, of the Basel Missionary Society, and first published in the Mission Magazine for that year. In his Christliche Gedichte, Stuttgart, 1836, p. 54, in 8 stanzas. The translations are:— (1) "Ho! watchman, is the night away," by Dr. G. Walker, 1860, p. 84. (2) "Watchman! Hath the night departed," in L. Rehfuess's Church at Sea, 1868, p. 107. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

1809 - 1847 Person Name: F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, 1807-1847 Composer of "[Volk des Herrn, erhebe dich]" in Liederkranz für Sonntags-Schulen und Jugend-Vereine Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (b. Hamburg, Germany, 1809; d. Leipzig, Germany, 1847) was the son of banker Abraham Mendelssohn and the grandson of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. His Jewish family became Christian and took the Bartholdy name (name of the estate of Mendelssohn's uncle) when baptized into the Lutheran church. The children all received an excellent musical education. Mendelssohn had his first public performance at the age of nine and by the age of sixteen had written several symphonies. Profoundly influenced by J. S. Bach's music, he conducted a performance of the St. Matthew Passion in 1829 (at age 20!) – the first performance since Bach's death, thus reintroducing Bach to the world. Mendelssohn organized the Domchor in Berlin and founded the Leipzig Conservatory of Music in 1843. Traveling widely, he not only became familiar with various styles of music but also became well known himself in countries other than Germany, especially in England. He left a rich treasury of music: organ and piano works, overtures and incidental music, oratorios (including St. Paul or Elijah and choral works, and symphonies. He harmonized a number of hymn tunes himself, but hymnbook editors also arranged some of his other tunes into hymn tunes. Bert Polman

Joseph, Freiherr von Eichendorff

1788 - 1857 Person Name: Joseph Freiherr v. Eichendorff, 1788-1857 Author of "Wer hat dich, du schöner Wald" in Liederkranz für Sonntags-Schulen und Jugend-Vereine