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Prelude on Erhalt uns Gott, bei deinem Wort for Treble Recorder and Organ
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Prelude on Erhalt uns Gott, bei deinem Wort for Treble Recorder and Organ
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You are purchasing high quality sheet music PDF files suitable for printing or viewing on digital devices.The opening piece for a reading from J.A.Comenius’ Labyrinth of the World and Paradize of the Heart. The original lyrics is Martin Luther’s ’Erhalt uns Gott, bei deinem Wort’ and has a quite provocative passage in the first verse (typical Luther):
1. Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort Und steur des Papsts und Tuerken Mord, Die Jesum Christum, deinen Sohn, Wollen stuerzen von deinem Thron! (Lord, keep us with Thy word and steer murdering of pope and Turks who both want to overthrow Jesus Christ etc.)
2. Beweis dein’ Macht, Herr Jesu Christ, Der du Herr aller Herren bist; Beschirm’ dein’ arme Christenheit, Dass sie dich lob’ in Ewigkeit!
3. Gott Heil’ger Geist, du Troester wert, Gib dein’m Volk ein’rlei Sinn auf Erd’, Steh bei uns in der letzten Not, G’leit uns ins Leben aus dem Tod!
As far as I know it’s not commonly used in German speaking environment, however it is very popular in Czechia (Mocny Boze, pri Kristovu). The English translation is ’Lord, keep us steadfast in Thy word’, both wordings having no sense of Luther’s original strictness.
Premiered in June 2003 in Zelow, Poland
