Tune: VULPIUS

Composer: Melchior Vulpius

Born into a poor family named Fuchs, Melchior Vulpius (b. Wasungen, Henneberg, Germany, c. 1570; d. Weimar, Germany, 1615) had only limited educational opportunities and did not attend the university. He taught Latin in the school in Schleusingen, where he Latinized his surname, and from 1596 until his death served as a Lutheran cantor and teacher in Weimar. A distinguished composer, Vulpius wrote a St. Matthew Passion (1613), nearly two hundred motets in German and Latin, and over four hundred hymn tunes, many of which became popular in Lutheran churches, and some of which introduced the lively Italian balletto rhythms into the German hymn tunes. His music was published in Cantiones Sacrae (1602, 1604), Kirchengesangund Geistliche Lieder… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	VULPIUS
Composer:	Melchior Vulpius (1609)
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Incipit:	13236 54365 43235
Notes:	Variant of CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN
Key:	E♭ Major
Source:	Ein Schön Geistlich Gesangbuch (Jena, Germany: 1609);Variant of "Christus, der ist mein Leben"
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

Ach bleib' mit deiner Gnade

Christ the Comforter

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