ACH, WAS SOLL ICH SÜNDER MACHEN

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ACH, WAS SOLL ICH SÜNDER MACHEN

Composer: Johann Flittner (1653)
Published in 13 hymnals

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Composer: Johann Flittner

Flitner, Johann, was born Nov. 1, 1618, at Suhl, Saxony, where his father was an ironmaster. After studying theology at Wittenberg, Jena, Leipzig, and Rostock, he became in 1644 precentor, and in 1646 diaconus at Grimmen, near Greifswald. On the outbreak of the first Prusso-Swedish war he was forced to flee to Stralsund, but returned to Grimmen in May, 1660. At the death of his senior in 1664, he ought, according to custom, to have been appointed town preacher, but was passed over not only then but also in 1673 and 1676, when the post again became vacant. The outbreak of the second Prusso-Swedish war, immediately after this third disappointment, forced him again to flee to Stralsund, where he died Jan. 7, 1678 (Koch, ii. 442-445; Mohnike's… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	ACH, WAS SOLL ICH SÜNDER MACHEN
Composer:	Johann Flittner (1653)
Meter:	8.7.7.8.7.7
Incipit:	11334 45377 65443
Key:	d minor or modal
Source:	Hirthenlieder, Altdorf, 1653;Altorf in Bayern, 1653
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

O How Great Is Thy Compassion

Jesus Christ, my pride and glory

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Arrangements

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

Easy Hymn Accompaniments for Organ or Piano: Set II
Composer/Editor Edward H. Myer
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1995) pp. 9
Twenty Hymn Introductions- Musica Sacra: For the Organ
Composer/Editor James Engel
Published By: Northwestern Publishing House (1988) pp. 15
Nineteen Hymn Introductions- Musica Sacra: For the Organ
Composer/Editor James Engel
Published By: Northwestern Publishing House (1985) pp. 20
The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 19: General: A - Angel's
Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Johann Gottfried Walther
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1983) pp. 17

Organ Solo

Hymn Prelude Library Volume One Tunes A: Lutheran Service Book
Composer/Editors Kevin J. Hildebrand; Brad Hall
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2012) pp. 26
A Thousand Voices Volume 2: 7 Hymn Tune Preludes
Composer/Editor Jeffrey N. Blersch
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2006) pp. 3
Six Hymn Improvisations Set 1
Composer/Editor Kevin J. Hildebrand
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1998) pp. 4
The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 19: General: A - Angel's
Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Johann Gottfried Walther
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1983) pp. 16
Twenty-One Chorale Preludes: Volume 1
Composer/Editors Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg; Robert M. Thompson
Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1967) pp. 10
Season Chorale Preludes For Manuals Only Book I: Advent Christmas Epiphany Lent Passiontide General
Composer/Editors C. H. Trevor; Johann Pachelbel
Published By: Oxford University Press (1962) pp. 16
76 Offertories on Hymns & Chorales
Composer/Editor Albert Beck
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1945) pp. 53