¿Cómo he de recibirte?

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¿Cómo he de recibirte

Author: Paul Gerhardt; Translator: Max G. H. Schmidt (1945)
Tune: WIE SOLL ICH DICH EMPFANGEN
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Author: Paul Gerhardt

Paul Gerhardt (b. Gräfenheinichen, Saxony, Germany, 1607; d. Lubben, Germany, 1676), famous author of Lutheran evangelical hymns, studied theology and hymnody at the University of Wittenberg and then was a tutor in Berlin, where he became friends with Johann Crüger. He served the Lutheran parish of Mittenwalde near Berlin (1651-1657) and the great St. Nicholas' Church in Berlin (1657-1666). Friederich William, the Calvinist elector, had issued an edict that forbade the various Protestant groups to fight each other. Although Gerhardt did not want strife between the churches, he refused to comply with the edict because he thought it opposed the Lutheran "Formula of Concord," which condemned some Calvinist doctrines. Consequently, he was r… Go to person page >

Translator: Max G. H. Schmidt

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First Line:	¿Cómo he de recibirte
Title:	¿Cómo he de recibirte?
Author:	Paul Gerhardt
Translator:	Max G. H. Schmidt (1945)
Language:	Spanish
Copyright:	dominio público

Matthew 21:1-9
(hymns)

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WIE SOLL ICH DICH EMPFANGEN

Johann Crüger composed WIE SOLL ICH DICH EMPFANGEN for Gerhardt's text and published the tune in 1653; the tune name is the German incipit of Gerhardt's text. Enhancing a sense of personal and communal meditation, the tune gives reflective support to this text. The tune is in isorhythmic form (all…

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