Entrega O Que Te Oprime

Author: Paul Gerhardt

Paul Gerhardt (b. Gräfenheinichen, Saxony, Germany, 1607; d. Lubben, Germany, 1676), famous author of Lutheran evangelical hymns, studied theology and hymnody at the University of Wittenberg and then was a tutor in Berlin, where he became friends with Johann Crüger. He served the Lutheran parish of Mittenwalde near Berlin (1651-1657) and the great St. Nicholas' Church in Berlin (1657-1666). Friederich William, the Calvinist elector, had issued an edict that forbade the various Protestant groups to fight each other. Although Gerhardt did not want strife between the churches, he refused to comply with the edict because he thought it opposed the Lutheran "Formula of Concord," which con­demned some Calvinist doctrines. Consequently, he was r… Go to person page >

Translator: João Wilson Faustini

b. 1931, Bariri, São Paulo, Brazil. Presbyterian pastor, choir director, organist, singer, composer, translator, arranger and publisher of largest collection of Sacred Music in the Portuguese language. From 1982 to 1996 - Pastor at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) Newark, NJ, the oldest Brazilian Presbyterian Church in the USA. Retired on December 31, 1996. After Rev. Faustini was a Minister of Music at Second Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth. [Source?] Pseudonym: J. Costa. Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Entrega o que te oprime
Title: Entrega O Que Te Oprime
German Title: Befiehl du deine Wege
Author: Paul Gerhardt (1656)
Translator: João Wilson Faustini (1963 e 70)
Language: Portuguese

Tune

BEFIEHL DU DEINE WEGE (Gesius)

First published in Enchiridivm Etlicher Deutschen und Lateinischen Gesengen mit 4 Stimmen (Frankfort, 1603). The tune was originally set the the text "Lobet Gott unsern Herren" and it was known by that name until it started to be paired with Gerhardt's hymn in Praxis Pietatis Melica (1653). See Joha…

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