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O Jesus Christ, mein Leben

Author: Meta Heusser-Schweitzer

Heusser-Schweizer, Meta, daughter of Diethelm Schweizer, pastor of the Reformed Church at Hirzel near Zurich, was born at Hirzel, April 6, 1797, and was married in 1821, to Johann Jakob Heusser, a physician at Hirzel. Dr. Heusser died at Hirzel in 1859, and his widow continued to reside there till her death on January 2, 1876 (Koch, vii. 377-381; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, xii. 339, 340). She was of a true poetic genius, and may fairly be regarded as the most important of modern German female sacred poets. The Holy Scriptures and the mountain scenery of her lonely home were the chief sources of her poetic inspiration. She was trained in the school of affliction, and her poems breathe the spirit of deep and sincere piety and childlike… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: O Jesus Christ, mein Leben
Author: Meta Heusser-Schweitzer
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain
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Tune

[O Jesus Christ, mein Leben]


ES IST EIN ROS (5556553)

First published with the text in the Cologne Gesangbuch of 1599 (see above), ES IST EIN ROS is a rounded bar form tune (AABA). The tune has characteristics of a Renaissance madrigal; it invites performance by an unaccompanied choir so that all the fine part writing and subtle rhythms can be clearly…

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Deutsches Gesang- und Choralbuch #d30

Deutsches Gesang- und Choralbuch #d30
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Deutsches Gesangbuch #525

Deutsches Gesangbuch #525

Gesangbuch der Evangelisch-reformierten Kirchen der deutschsprachigen Schweiz #323a

Gesangbuch der Evangelisch-reformierten Kirchen der deutschsprachigen Schweiz #323a

Gesangbuch der Evangelisch-reformierten Kirchen der deutschsprachigen Schweiz #323b

Gesangbuch der Evangelisch-reformierten Kirchen der deutschsprachigen Schweiz #323b
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