MITTEN WIR IM LEBEN SIND

Composer: Johann Walther

Johann Walther (b. Kahla, Thuringia, Germany, 1496: d. Torgau, Germany, 1570) was one of the great early influences in Lutheran church music. At first he seemed destined to be primarily a court musician. A singer in the choir of the Elector of Saxony in the Torgau court in 1521, he became the court's music director in 1525. After the court orchestra was disbanded in 1530 and reconstituted by the town, Walther became cantor at the local school in 1534 and directed the music in several churches. He served the Elector of Saxony at the Dresden court from 1548 to 1554 and then retired in Torgau. Walther met Martin Luther in 1525 and lived with him for three weeks to help in the preparation of Luther's German Mass. In 1524 Walther published the… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	MITTEN WIR IM LEBEN SIND
Composer:	Johann Walther (1524)
Meter:	Irregular
Incipit:	33456 65456 74312
Key:	e minor or modal
Source:	Latin melody, 13th cent., adapt.;Pre-reformation. Wittenberg, 1524
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

In the Midst of Earthly Life

Mitten wir im Leben sind

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Arrangements

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

The Hymns of Martin Luther
Composer/Editor Peter C. Reske
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2016) pp. 32
22 Hymn Introductions
Composer/Editor Kevin J. Sadowski
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1997) pp. 66
The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 32: General: MC - More
Composer/Editors Richard Hillert; Johann Christian Weyrauch
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1985) pp. 43
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. 32
Intonations for the Hymn of the Week
Composer/Editor Theodore Beck
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1969) pp. 44
The Hymn of the Week: Tabulatura Americana Pars Prima Organ Settings
Composer/Editor Jan Bender
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1961) pp. 66

Organ Solo

Hymn Prelude Library Volume Seven Tunes M: Lutheran Service Book
Composer/Editors Kevin J. Hildebrand; Jacob B. Weber
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2015) pp. 72
Four Preludes for Hope
Composer/Editor Bernard Wayne Sanders
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2012) pp. 6
Song Of the Gospel Volume 1: Organ Literature for the Liturgical Year Based on the Hymnic Contributions of Martin Luther
Composer/Editors Henry V. Gerike; Johann Gottfried Walther
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2006) pp. 151
Chorale Preludes I: Choralvorspiele fur Orgel 25 Choralvorspiele
Composer/Editor Helmut Walcha
Published By: C. F. Peters Corporation (2002) pp. 46
An Eternity of Praise 30 Chorale Preludes from Present-Day Germany: 30 Chorale Preludes From Present-day Germany
Composer/Editors John A. Behnke; Zsolt Gardonyi
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1999) pp. 35
An Eternity of Praise 30 Chorale Preludes from Present-Day Germany: European Connection Volume 1
Composer/Editor John A. Behnke
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1999) pp. 35
The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 32: General: MC - More
Composer/Editors Richard Hillert; Johann Christian Weyrauch
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1985) pp. 42
Hymn Preludes for the Liturgical Year Volume XXI Death Life Everlasting Commemoration: For Organ in 24 Volumes Opus 100
Composer/Editor Flor Peeters
Published By: C. F. Peters Corporation (1969) pp. 6
80 Chorale Preludes: German Masters of the 17th and 18th Centuries
Composer/Editors Hermann Keller; Samuel Scheidt
Published By: C. F. Peters Corporation (1951) pp. 90
The Church Organist's Golden Treasury Volume Two -- An Anthology of Choral Preludes: Carl F. Pfatteicher
Composer/Editors Archibald T. Davison; Samuel Scheidt
Published By: Oliver Ditson Company (1951) pp. 174