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Text:To Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord
Author:Martin Luther
Translator:Elizabeth Quitmeyer
Tune:CHRIST UNSER HERR ZUM JORDAN
Arranger:Lucas Osiander
Composer:Martin Luther

44a. To Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord

Text Information
First Line: To Jordan came the Christ, our Lord
Title: To Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord
German Title: Christ unser Herr zum Jordan
Author: Martin Luther (1541)
Translator: Elizabeth Quitmeyer (1962)
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.8.7.7
Language: English
Publication Date: 2024
Scripture:
Topic: Epiphany
Copyright: ©1976 Elizabeth Quitmeyer.
ONE LICENSE: 99725
Notes: Martin Luther, “Christ unser Herr zum Jordan,” text from Ein giestlich Lied, Von vnser heiligen Tauff (1541/2), tr. by Elizabeth Quitmeyer for The Lutheran Hour (1962/3), rev. in the Lutheran Book of Worship (1978).
Tune Information
Name: CHRIST UNSER HERR ZUM JORDAN
Composer: Martin Luther (1524)
Arranger: Lucas Osiander (1586)
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.8.7.7
Incipit: 13454 765
Key: d minor or modal
Notes: Tune from Geystliche Gesangk Buchleyn (1524), arr. by Lucas Osiander in Fünfftzig Geistliche Lieder und Psalmen (1586).



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