"Herr, wir bringen in Brot und Wein"
Christian hymn
OccasionOffertory
Written1969 (1969)
Textby Hans Bernhard Meyer
LanguageGerman
Meter8 6 8 6
Melodyby Peter Janssens
Published1970 (1970)

"Herr, wir bringen in Brot und Wein" (Lord, we bring in bread and wine) is a Christian offertory hymn with German text by Hans Bernhard Meyer [de], and a melody by Peter Janssens. The song, of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied (NGL), is part of German hymnals, including Gotteslob, and songbooks.

History

The song "Herr, wir bringen in Brot und Wein" was written as part of the "Innsbrucker Universitätsmesse" (Innsbruck University mass), which was commissioned to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the University of Innsbruck in 1969.[1] The theologian and hymnodist Hans Bernhard Meyer and the composer Peter Janssens wrote the mass in collaboration, in an effort to express faith in contemporary texts and music in a genre later known as Neues Geistliches Lied (NGL).[2] The mass was titled "Gute Nachricht für alle Völker" (Good news for all peoples) and first published in print and on record in 1970.[3] The complete mass consists of the following songs:

According to some sources, Meyer may have based the text on a 1965 work in Dutch by Huub Oosterhuis.[4][5] Meyer created a song with three verses and a refrain "Herr, wir bringen in Brot und Wein unsere Welt zu dir. Du schenkst uns deine Gegenwart im österlichen Mahl." (Lord, we bring in bread and wine our world to you. You give us the gift of Your presence in the meal of Easter.)[2]

In a broadcast about the hymn, the theologian Thomas Weißer noted that bread and wine, the gifts of the offertory in preparation of the Eucharist, are already symbols in a general way, bread as a necessity for survival and wine standing for an abundance of extra enjoyment, which together can represent the world.[2]

The song was included in the German Catholic hymnal Gotteslob of 1975 as GL 534,[5][2] but only the refrain.[6][7] Winfried Offele composed a four-part choral setting with organ or piano and a melody instrument such as flute in 1973.[4] The song was included, now with the complete text, in the 2013 edition[6] as GL 184, in the section "Gesänge - Woche - Gesänge zur Gabenbereitung" (Chants – Week – chants for offertory).[8] The song is included in several songbooks.[2][9]

References

  1. ^ a b Stingl, Anton (9 July 2019). "Herr, wir bringen in Brot und Wein". kukikblog.wordpress.com (in German). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e Weißer, Thomas (7 April 2013). "Herr, wir bringen in Brot und Wein". SWR (in German). Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  3. ^ Gute Nachricht für alle Völker: Innsbrucker Universitätsmesse. Janssens Musik-Verl. 1970.
  4. ^ a b "Herr, wir bringen in Brot und Wein (1973)". musicanet.org. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Peter (Piet) Janssens" (in German). Diocese of Cologne. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  6. ^ a b Viezens, Thomas (2013). "Ein Blick über die Schulter in unser neues Gesangbuch" (PDF) (in German) (1). Diocese of Hildesheim: 4–6. Retrieved 19 October 2020. ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ Franz, Ansgar; Kurzke, Hermann; Schäfer, Christiane, eds. (2017). Die Lieder des Gotteslob. Geschichte - Liturgie - Kultur. Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk. pp. 505–507. ISBN 978-3-460-42900-0.
  8. ^ "Herr, wir bringen in Brot und Wein (G) / Gesänge - Woche - Gesänge zur Gabenbereitung". mein-gotteslob.de (in German). Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Herr, wir bringen in Brot und Wein". evangeliums.net (in German). Retrieved 11 October 2020.

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