ERSCHIENEN IST DER HERRLICH TAG

Composer: Nikolaus Herman

Herman, Nicolaus, is always associated with Joachimsthal in Bohemia, just over the mountains from Saxony. The town was not of importance till the mines began to be extensively worked about 1516. Whether Herman was a native of this place is not known, but he was apparently there in 1518, and was certainly in office there in 1524. For many years he held the post of Master in the Latin School, and Cantor or Organist and Choirmaster in the church. Towards the end of his life he suffered greatly from gout, and had to resign even his post as Cantor a number of years before his death. He died at Joachimsthal, May 3, 1561. (Koch, i. 390-398; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, xii. 186-188, &c.) He was a great friend and helper of J. Mathesius (q.v.)… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	ERSCHIENEN IST DER HERRLICH TAG
Composer:	Nikolaus Herman (1560)
Meter:	8.8.8.8 with alleluias
Incipit:	11156 76545 6715
Key:	d minor
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

We thank Thee, Jesus, dearest Friend

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[Hail! Jesus Christ, blessed for aye]

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Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

Twelve Improvisations on Familiar Hymns: For Congregational Singing
Composer/Editor Karen Keene
Published By: Warner Brothers Publications, Inc. (1995) pp. 20
22 Hymn Settings
Composer/Editor Richard Heschke
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1990) pp. 9
Basic Hymn Accompaniments Volume II: Lent - Easter - Pentecost
Composer/Editor Thomas R. Pearce
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1988) pp. 45
The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 24: General: Ed - Ew
Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Georg Friedrich Kauffmann
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1983) pp. 25
The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 10: Easter: A - L
Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Micahel Beyer
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1982) pp. 19
Hymn Preludes and Free Accompaniments 7
Composer/Editor Charles W. Ore
Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1978) pp. LL
New Organ Accompaniments for Selected Hymns of Paul Gerhardt
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1976) pp. 30
New Organ Settings for Hymns and Chorales Set II: Opus 22
Composer/Editor Jan Bender
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1963) pp. 22

Organ Solo

Passiontide and Easter for Organ: Orgelmusik zur Passions- und Osterzeit
Composer/Editors Andreas Rockstroh; Emil Weidenhagen
Published By: Bärenreiter-Verlag Karl Vötterle GmbH & Co. KG, Kassel, Germany (2005) pp. 75, 78, 80
Passiontide and Easter for Organ: Orgelmusik zur Passions- und Osterzeit
Composer/Editors Andreas Rockstroh; Richard Jung
Published By: Bärenreiter-Verlag Karl Vötterle GmbH & Co. KG, Kassel, Germany (2005) pp. 78
Passiontide and Easter for Organ: Orgelmusik zur Passions- und Osterzeit
Composer/Editors Andreas Rockstroh; Emil Weidenhagen
Published By: Bärenreiter-Verlag Karl Vötterle GmbH & Co. KG, Kassel, Germany (2005) pp. 80
The Sacred Organ Folio No. 51
Composer/Editor James Mansfield
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1995) pp. 3
The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 29 Number 4 March 1995: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
Composer/Editor James Mansfield
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1995) pp. 3
Easter Comes Again
Composer/Editor Wilbur C. Held
Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (1994) pp. 22
The Organist's Companion Volume 16 Number 3 March April 1994 General, Palm Sunday, Easter Sunday, Easter Season, Festivals: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; Georg Friedrich Kauffmann
Published By: McAfee Music Corporation (1994) pp. 10
The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 24: General: Ed - Ew
Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Georg Friedrich Kauffmann
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1983) pp. 24
The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 10: Easter: A - L
Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Micahel Beyer
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1982) pp. 19
Twelve Chorales for Organ
Composer/Editor Lionel Rogg
Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1974) pp. 18
Chorale Preludes Volume I
Composer/Editors Johann Gottfried Walther; Robert Kendall
Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1972) pp. 38
Preludes for the Hymns in Worship Supplement Volume II: Lent - Easter Nos. 725 - 744
Composer/Editor Samuel Scheidt
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1972) pp. 22
Church Music for All Organs: Tonal Dynamic Registrations
Composer/Editors Gregory P. Cohn; Dietrich Buxtehude
Published By: G. Schirmer, Inc. (1970) pp. 18
Twenty Chorale-Preludes, Four Inventions and a Fugue
Composer/Editor Randall Thompson
Published By: E. C. Schirmer Music Company (1970) pp. 24
Season Chorale Preludes Book 2 with Pedals
Composer/Editors C. H. Trevor; Johann Gottfried Walther
Published By: Oxford University Press (1963) pp. 2, 4
Seasonal Chorale Preludes with Pedals: Book II Easter Whitsun Trinity Festivals and General
Composer/Editors C. H. Trevor; Johann Gottfried Walther
Published By: Oxford University Press (1963) pp. 2, 4
Seasonal Chorale Preludes for Manuals Only: Book II Easter Whitsun Trinity Festivals and General
Composer/Editors C. H. Trevor; Johann Gottfried Walther
Published By: Oxford University Press (1962) pp. 2
The Parish Organist Part Eight: Music for Easter, Ascension, Pentecost and Trinity
Composer/Editors Erich Goldschmidt; Johann Gottfried Walther
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1956) pp. 30
Wedding Music Part II: Hymn Tune Preludes General Service Music
Composer/Editor Dietrich Buxtehude
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1952) pp. 53
80 Chorale Preludes: German Masters of the 17th and 18th Centuries
Composer/Editors Hermann Keller; Johann Gottfried Walther
Published By: C. F. Peters Corporation (1951) pp. 47
Dietrich Buxtehude - Folio 2: Masterpieces of Organ Music - Selected Compositions of the Old Masters
Composer/Editor Dietrich Buxtehude
Published By: Liturgical Music Press (1947) pp. 7
The Liturgical Year (Orgelb: Forty-five Organ Chorals
Composer/Editors Johann Sebastian Bach; Alrbert Riemenschneider
Published By: Oliver Ditson Company (1933) pp. 98
The Liturgical Year (Orgelbüchlein): Forty-five Organ Chorals
Composer/Editors Johann Sebastian Bach; Alrbert Riemenschneider
Published By: Oliver Ditson Company (1933) pp. 98
Seventy-nine Chorales for the Organ Opus 28
Composer/Editor Marcel Dupre
Published By: The H. W. Gray Company, Inc. (1932) pp. 26
Choral Vorfpiele Fur Orgel Op. 67 Notebook 1: Zweiundfunfzig leicht ausfuhrbare Vorspiele zu den gebrauchlichsten evangelischen Choralen
Composer/Editor Max Reger
Published By: Bote & Bock (1931) pp. 14
Choral-Improvisations for Organ Op. 65 Volume 3: For New Year, Easter and other Church Festivals
Composer/Editor Sigfrid Karg-Elert
Published By: Edward B. Marks Music Company pp. 10

Instruments: Instrumental Solo with Organ

Organ Plus One - Easter: Original Works and Arrangements for Church Service and Concert
Composer/Editors Carsten Klomp; Johann Sebastian Bach
Published By: Bärenreiter-Verlag Karl Vötterle GmbH & Co. KG, Kassel, Germany (2011) pp. 50

Instruments: Instrumental Solo

Mostly Baroque: Eleven Hymn Preludes for Solo Treble Instrument and Piano (incorrectly says "Organ")
Composer/Editor Richard W. Slater
Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1982) pp. 10

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