O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE (Thommen)

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Tune Information

Composer:	Thommen
Meter:	8.7.8.7 D
Incipit:	12354 32232 121D7 U1123
Key:	G Major or modal
Source:	Erbaulicher Musicalischer Christen-Schatz, Basel, 1745; Moravian Chorale Book manuscript, Herrnhut, 1735; Johann Thommen's Christenschatz, 1745
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

Jesus, Refuge of the Weary

Christian Hearts in Love United

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Alternative Tunes

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Notes

Originally a folk song ("Sollen nun die grünen Jahre") dating from around 1700, O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE was used as a hymn tune in the Catholic hymnal Bambergisches Gesangbuch (1732). The tune name is the incipit of the text to which it was set in Johann Thommen's Erbaulicher Musicalischer Christen-Schatz oder 500 Geistliche Lieder (1745). The Psalter Hymnal version is from a manuscript chorale book of the Moravian Brethren compiled in Herrnhut in 1735.

The tune is a rounded bar form (AABA) with simple stepwise melodic motion. Sing in harmony. Another harmonization in G major (see 513) could provide an alternative setting, perhaps for a higher and fuller sound on stanza 4.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988

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Arrangements

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Baptist Hymnal 1991 #378

Text: Christian Hearts, In Love United

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Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #229

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Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #253

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The Cyber Hymnal #661

Text: Blessèd Savior, Who Hast Taught Me

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The Cyber Hymnal #816

Text: Christian Hearts, in Love United

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The Cyber Hymnal #3282

Text: Jesus, Refuge of the Weary

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The Cyber Hymnal #5818

Text: Rise, Thou Light of Gentile Nations

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The Cyber Hymnal #5950

Text: Sion's Daughter, Weep No More

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The Cyber Hymnal #7290

Text: What Our Father Does Is Well

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The Cyber Hymnal #9662

Text: Oh The Love That Us Redeemed

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Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #443

Text: Hours and Days and Years and Ages

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Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #513

Text: Christian Hearts in Love United

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Page Scans

Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs (2013), p.801

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Instances

Instances (1 - 36 of 36)	Tune name	First Line	Composer	Meter	Incipit	Key	Source
Ambassador Hymnal: for Lutheran worship #81	O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE	Jesus, refuge of the weary		87 87 D		G Major	Johann Thommen's <cite>Christenschatz</cite>, 1745
Baptist Hymnal 1991 #378	CASSELL	Christian hearts, in love united		8.7.8.7.D.		G Major or modal
Celebrating Grace Hymnal #270	CASSELL	Christian hearts, in love united		8.7.8.7 D		G Major or modal	<i>Erbaulicher Musicalischer Christen-Schatz,</i> 1745
Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #229	O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE		Johann Thommen	8.7.8.7	12354 32232 12171		<i>Christen-schutz</i>, Basel, 1745
Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #253	CASSELL			8.7.8.7	12354 32232 12171		German Traditional
Christian Worship: a Lutheran hymnal #108	O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE	Jesus, Refuge of the weary		87 87 D		G Major or modal	<cite>Erbaulicher Musicalischer Christen-Schatz</cite>, Basel, 1745, alt.
Christian Worship: a Lutheran hymnal #380	O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE	Lord, 'tis not that I did choose you		87 87 D		G Major or modal	<cite>Erbaulicher Musicalischer Christen-Schatz</cite>, Basel, 1745, alt.
Christian Worship: a Lutheran hymnal #577	O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE	Rise, O Light of Gentile nations		87 87 D		G Major or modal	<cite>Erbaulicher Musicalischer Christen-Schatz</cite>, Basel, 1745, alt.
Community of Christ Sings #79	O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE	Called to gather as God's people					<em>Manuscript Chorale Book</em>, 1735
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #199	O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE	Rise, Thou Light of Gentile nations		87 87 D		G Major or modal
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #222	O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE	Lord, 'tis not that I did choose Thee		87 87 D		G Major	<i>Erbaulicher Musikalischer Christenschatz, </i>Basil, 1745, alt.
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #240	O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE	Jesus, Refuge of the weary		87 87 D		G Major	<i>Erbaulicher Musikalischer Christenschatz, </i>Basel, 1745, alt.
Hymnal: A Worship Book #420	O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE	Heart with loving heart united		87. 87D		G Major or modal	<cite>Manuscript Chorale Book</cite>, 1735
Hymns to the Living God #254	O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE	Christian hearts, in love united		8.7.8.7.D		G Major or modal	<cite>Moravian Choral Book</cite>, 1735
Les Chants du Pèlerin #17	MORAVE	T'aimer, Jésus, te connaître				G Major or modal	<i>Choralebuch morave</i>, 1735
Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #401	O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE	Hours and days and years and ages		8.7.8.7 D		G Major or modal	<i>Moravian Chorale Book</i> manuscript, Herrnhut, 1735
Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #727	O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE	Christian hearts in love united		8.7.8.7 D		G Major or modal	<cite>Moravian Chorale Book</cite> manuscript, Herrnhut, 1735
Lutheran Service Book #423	O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE	Jesus, refuge of the weary		87 87 D		G Major or modal	<cite>The Lutheran Hymnal,</cite> 1941 (Setting); <cite>Erbaulicher Musicalischer Christen-Schatz</cite>, Basel, 1745
Lutheran Service Book #573	O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE	Lord, 'tis not that I did choose Thee		87 87 D		G Major or modal	<cite>The Lutheran Hymnal,</cite> 1941 (Setting); <cite>Erbaulicher Musicalischer Christen-Schatz</cite>, Basel, 1745
Lutheran Worship #90	O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE	Jesus, refuge of the weary		87 87 D		G Major or modal	Herrnhut, c. 1735
Moravian Book of Worship #262	CASSEL	Come, O long-expected Jesus	John Thommen	8.7.8.7.D. Trochaic		A♭ Major	Herrnhut (c. 1735); C. Gregor <I>Choralbuch</i> (1784)
Moravian Book of Worship #330	CASSEL	Hail, O once despised Jesus!	John Thommen	8.7.8.7.D. Trochaic		G Major or modal	Herrnhut (c. 1735); C. Gregor Choralbuch (1784)
Moravian Book of Worship #331	CASSEL	Jesus, refuge of the weary	J. Thommen	8.7.8.7.D. Trochaic			Herrnhut (c. 1735); C. Gregor Choralbuch (1784)
Moravian Book of Worship #401	CASSEL	Heart with loving heart united	John Thommen	8.7.8.7.D. Trochaic		G Major or modal	C. Gregor <I>Choralbuch</i> (1784); Herrnhut (c. 1735)
Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #443	O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE	Hours and days and years and ages		87 87 D		F Major or modal
Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #513	O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE	Christian hearts in love united		87 87 D		G Major or modal
Singing the New Testament #43	O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE	James and John once came to Jesus		8.7.8.7 D		G Major or modal
Small Church Music #1741	O DU LIEBE MEINER LIEBE	Jesus, refuge of the weary	Hieronymus Annoni (1745)	8.7.8.7.D
Small Church Music #2266	CASSEL	Gracious Spirit, dwell with me	Thommen	7.7.7.7.7.7
The Cyber Hymnal #661	O DU LIEBE	Blessèd Savior, who hast taught me	Johann Thommen	87.87 D	12354 32232 12171	G Major or modal	<cite>Erbaulicher Musikalischer Christen-Schatz</cite>, by Johann Thommen (Basel, Switzerland: 1745)
The Cyber Hymnal #816	CASSELL	Christian hearts, in love united	Anonymous	87.87 D	12354 32232 12171	G Major or modal
The Cyber Hymnal #3282	O DU LIEBE	Jesus, Refuge of the weary	Johann Thommen	87.87 D	12354 32232 12171	G Major or modal	<cite>Erbaulicher Musikalischer Christen-Schatz</cite>, by Johann Thommen (Basel, Switzerland: 1745)
The Cyber Hymnal #5818	O DU LIEBE	Rise, Thou Light of Gentile nations		87.87 D	12354 32232 12171	G Major or modal	<cite>Musikalischer Christenschatz</cite>, by Johann Thommen (Basel, Switzerland: 1745)
The Cyber Hymnal #5950	CASSEL	Sion's daughter, weep no more		77.77.77	12354 32321 21717	G Major or modal
The Cyber Hymnal #7290	CASSEL	What our Father does is well		77.77.77	12354 32321 21717	G Major or modal
The Cyber Hymnal #9662	O DU LIEBE	Oh the love that us redeemed!		87.87 D		G Major or modal	<cite>Erbaulicher Musikalischer Christen-Schatz</cite>, by Johann Thommen (Basel, Switzerland: 1745)