Make wide the door, unbar the gate

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Make wide the door, unbar the gate

Author: George Weissel (1642); Translator: Peter A. Sveeggen (1919)
Tune: VOM HIMMEL HOCH
Published in 3 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Easy Organ Library, Vol. 52

Choral
	From Heaven Above to Earth I Come - (Cho…

Instrumental
	O Come, Emmanuel: Six Advent and Christm…

Author: George Weissel

Weissel, Georg, son of Johann Weissel, judge and afterwards burgomaster at Doranau, near Königsberg, was born at Domnau in 1590. He studied at the University of Königsberg, from 1608 to 1611, and thereafter, for short periods, at Wittenberg, Leipzig, Jena, Strassburg, Basel and Marburg In 1614 he was appointed rector of the school at Friedland near Domnau, but resigned this post after three years, and returned to Königsberg to resume his studies in theology. Finally, in 1623, he became pastor of the newly erected Altrossgart church at Königsberg, where he remained till his death, on August 1, 1635. Weissel was one of the most important of the earlier hymn-writers of Prussia. His hymns, about 20 in all, are good in style, moderate in le… Go to person page >

Translator: Peter A. Sveeggen

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Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	Make wide the door, unbar the gate
German Title:	Macht hoch die Tür, die Tor macht weit
Author:	George Weissel (1642)
Translator:	Peter A. Sveeggen (1919)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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VOM HIMMEL HOCH

Initially Luther used the folk melody associated with his first stanza as the tune for this hymn. Later he composed this new tune for his text. VOM HIMMEL HOCH was first published in Valentin Schumann's Geistliche Lieder in 1539. Johann S. Bach (PHH 7) used Luther's melody in three places in his wel…

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