"Sing[e]t dem Herrn ein neues Lied" ("Sing unto the Lord a new song") is a Lutheran hymn in four stanzas by Matthäus Apelles von Löwenstern.[1][2] The text is based on Psalm 149.[2] The hymn was first published in 1644.[2] Löwenstern is also the composer of its hymn tune, in C major, Zahn No. 6424.[2][3][4] Apart from this tune, the 1644 publication also contained a basso continuo accompaniment, to be performed on organ when the hymn was sung.[5] A four-part setting of the hymn by Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 411, was based on Löwenstern's tune.[4][6][7][8] Bach's setting was first published in 1786.[6][9]

References

  1. ^ Singt dem Herrn ein neues Lied, die Gemeine at hymnary.org
  2. ^ a b c d Johann Sebastian Bach, chorals: sources hymnologiques des mélodies, des textes et des théologies, p. 118, by James Lyon (2005)
  3. ^ Zahn 1891.
  4. ^ a b BWV 411 at Luke Dahn's www.bach-chorales.com website (2018).
  5. ^ Apelles von Löwenstern, Matthäus at kulturportal-west-ost.eu.
  6. ^ a b "Singt dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV 411". Bach Digital. Leipzig: Bach Archive; et al. 2019-03-11.
  7. ^ Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied at www.bach.de
  8. ^ Basso, Alberto (1983). Frau Musika: La vita e le opere di J. S. Bach, Vol. 2: Lipsia e le opere de la maturità (1723–1750). Turin: EDT, p. 846. (in Italian). ISBN 88-7063-028-5.
  9. ^ Bach 1786.

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