O thou holiest, O thou happiest

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O thou holiest, O thou happiest

Author: Johannes David Falk; Translator: A. T. Hanser
Tune: SICILIAN MARINERS
Published in 5 hymnals

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	O Sanctissima/ O How Joyfully

Author: Johannes David Falk

Falk, Johannes Daniel, was born Oct. 28, 1768, at Danzig, where his father was a wig-maker. With a stipend from the Town Council of Danzig, he entered the University of Halle in 1791, where he studied the classics and theology, remaining as a private tutor for some time after completing his course. In 1798 he married and settled as a man of letters at Weimar, where he was welcomed by Herder, Goethe and Wieland, and where he gained some reputation as a writer of satirical works. During the Napoleonic wars, after the battle of Jena, 1806, Falk found his true vocation as a philanthropist, first in the field hospitals and then in the care of destitute children. With the court preacher Horn he founded the "Society of Friends in Need," and shortl… Go to person page >

Translator: A. T. Hanser

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First Line:	O thou holiest, O thou happiest
German Title:	O du fröhliche, o du selige
Author:	Johannes David Falk
Translator:	A. T. Hanser
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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SICILIAN MARINERS

SICILIAN MARINERS is traditionally used for the Roman Catholic Marian hymn "O Sanctissima." According to tradition, Sicilian seamen ended each day on their ships by singing this hymn in unison. The tune probably traveled from Italy to Germany to England, where The European Magazine and London Review…

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