DIE HELLE SONN LEUCHT

Composer: Melchior Vulpius

Born into a poor family named Fuchs, Melchior Vulpius (b. Wasungen, Henneberg, Germany, c. 1570; d. Weimar, Germany, 1615) had only limited educational oppor­tunities and did not attend the university. He taught Latin in the school in Schleusingen, where he Latinized his surname, and from 1596 until his death served as a Lutheran cantor and teacher in Weimar. A distinguished composer, Vulpius wrote a St. Matthew Passion (1613), nearly two hundred motets in German and Latin, and over four hundred hymn tunes, many of which became popular in Lutheran churches, and some of which introduced the lively Italian balletto rhythms into the German hymn tunes. His music was published in Cantiones Sacrae (1602, 1604), Kirchengesangund Geistliche Lieder… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: DIE HELLE SONN LEUCHT
Composer: Melchior Vulpius (1609)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 13451 76555 45617
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • Pull Out the Stops!: Congregational Song Accompaniments for Organ
    Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Mark Weiler; Emily Maxson Porter
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2001) pp. 70
  • Hymn Descants Set 4: With C and B flat Instrument Parts
    Composer/Editor Stanley Drummond Wolff
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1994) pp. 10
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 23: General: Die helle - Eben
    Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Theodore Beck
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1983) pp. 10
  • Hymns for the Church Year: 68 Accompaniment Settings for Keyboard of the Hymns of the Day
    Composer/Editor Roger Petrich
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1980) pp. 20
  • New Organ Settings for Hymns and Chorales Set II: Opus 22
    Composer/Editor Jan Bender
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1963) pp. 48

Organ Solo

  • The Master Organ Works of Jan Bender Volume 1: Chorale Preludes for Organ or Piano
    Composer/Editors Jan Bender; David Fienen
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2005) pp. 11
  • 4 Hymn Preludes
    Composer/Editor Stephen Weber
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1991) pp. 4
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 23: General: Die helle - Eben
    Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Theodore Beck
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1983) pp. 8

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #15366
Text: The Radiant Sun Shines In The Skies
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
Small Church Music #1595
  • PDF Score (PDF)

Instances

Instances (1 - 6 of 6)

¡Cantad al Señor! #91

Page Scan

Antwort Finden in alten und neuen Liedern, in Worten zum Nachdenken und Beten #437

TextPage Scan

Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #416

TextAudio

Lutheran Worship #352

Audio

Small Church Music #1595

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #15366

Include 8 pre-1979 instances
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