Chwal, dziękuj Bogu

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Chwal, dziękuj Bogu

Author: Petrus Herbert (1566); Translator: Tadeusz Sikora (1998)
Tune: RENDEZ À DIEU
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Piano/Organ
	Praise and Thanksgiving, Set 6

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Author: Petrus Herbert

Herbert, Petrus, seems to have been a native of or resident at Fulnek in Moravia. He was ordained priest of the Brethren's Unity in 1562, became a member of the Select Council in 1567, and was latterly Consenior of the Unity. By the Unity he was entrusted with many important missions. He was sent as a deputy to confer with Calvin: and again in 1562 to arrange with Duke Christoph of Württemberg for the education at Tübingen of young men from the Bohemian Brethren. He was also one of the deputies sent to Vienna to present the revised form of the Brethren's Confession of Faith to the Emperor Maximilian II. in 1564, and in 1566 to present their new German Hymn Book. He died at Eibenschütz in 1571 (Koch, ii. 414, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographi… Go to person page >

Translator: Tadeusz Sikora

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Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	Chwal, dziękuj Bogu
German Title:	Preis, Lob und Dank
Author:	Petrus Herbert (1566)
Translator:	Tadeusz Sikora (1998)
Language:	Polish
Copyright:	Tr. © Tadeusz Sikora

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RENDEZ À DIEU

GENEVAN 98/118 is the one tune in the Psalter Hymnal used for two psalms. It was first published in the 1551 Genevan Psalter as a setting for Psalm 118; in the 1562 edition it was also set to Psalm 98 (hence both numbers in the tune name). The tune is also often named RENDEZ A DIEV, the French incip…

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