O Christe, Morgensterne

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O Christe Morgensterne. [Holy Communion.] This is one of Zwey Schöne newe Lieder, printed in broadsheet form at Leipzig, 1579, and thence in Wackernagel v. p. 11, in 10 stanzas of 6 lines. The text in the Berlin Geistliche Lieder, ed. 1863, No. 1124, is from the Leipzig Gesang-Buch, 1586, omitting st. x. Sometimes ascribed, but without proof, to Basilius Förtsch, or to Michael Walther. Translated as:--
0 Christ, Thou bright and Morning Star. A translation of stanzas i.-iii., v., ix. by Miss Winkworth, in her Lyra Germanica 2nd Ser., 1858, p. 179, and her Chorale Book for England, 1863, No. 144. Repeated in the Pennsylvania Lutheran Church Book1868, reduced to C.M., and omitting st. iii. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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