Gdybym jęzków miał tycsiące

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Gdybym jęzków miał tycsiące

Author: Johann Mentzer (1704); Translator: Paweł Sikora (1912)
Tune: O DASS ICH TAUSEND ZUNGEN HÄTTE (König)
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Piano/Organ
	Easy Organ Library, Vol. 52

Author: Johann Mentzer

Mentzer, Johann, was born July 27, 1658, at Jahmen, near Rothenburg, in Silesia, and became a student of theology at Wittenberg, In 1691 he was appointed pastor at Merzdorf; in 1693 at Hauswalde, near Bischofswerda; and in 1696 at Kemnitz, near Bernstadt, Saxony. He died at Kemnitz, Feb. 24, 1734 (G. F. Otto's Lexicon . . . Oberlausizischer Schriftsteller, ii., 581; ms. from Pastor Richter of Kemnitz, &c). He was a great friend of J. C. Schwedler, of Henrietta Catherine von Gersdorf, and of N. L. von Zinzendorf, all hymnwriters, and all his near neighbours. He was himself greatly tried in the furnace of affliction. He wrote a large number of hymns, over 30 of which appeared in the various hymnbooks of his time. Many of them, especially t… Go to person page >

Translator: Paweł Sikora

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Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	Gdybym jęzków miał tycsiące
German Title:	O daß ich tausend Zungen hätte
Author:	Johann Mentzer (1704)
Translator:	Paweł Sikora (1912)
Language:	Polish
Copyright:	Tr. © Paweł Sikora

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Tune

O DASS ICH TAUSEND ZUNGEN HÄTTE (König)

Johann Balthaser König (b. Waltershausen, near Gotha, Germany, 1691; d. Frankfurt, Germany, 1758) composed this tune, which later became associated with Johann Mentzer's hymn "O dass ich tausend Zungen hätte" (Oh, That I Had a Thousand Voices). The harmonization is from the Wurttembergische Choral…

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