Jag lyfter mina händer

Author: J. Arrhenius

Jakob Arrhenius was a Swedish hymnwriter and sacred poet. In 1687, Arrhenius became a professor of history at Upsala University, Sweden. Source: Julian, John, Dictionary of Hymnology, 1907, p. 1000  Go to person page >

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First Line: Jag lyfter mina händer
Author: J. Arrhenius
Language: Swedish
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

AU FORT DE MA DETRESSE

GENEVAN 130 was first published in the 1539 edition of the Genevan Psalter. The 1564 harmonization by Claude Goudimel (PHH 6) originally placed the melody in the tenor. GENEVAN 130 is a Dorian tune consisting of four long lines in which the rhythm of line 3 is a fitting contrast to the repeated rhyt…

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Svenska Psalm-Boken af År 1819 #33

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Nya Psalmisten #22

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