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From Heaven Above To Earth
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Author Martin Luther Martin Luther's bio information November 10, 1483 - February 18, 1546 Born: November 10, 1483, Eisleben, Germany. Died: February 18, 1546, Eisleben, Germany. Buried: Schlosskirche, Wittenberg, Germany. Philipp Melanchthon lies nearby. Luther began the Protestant Reformation in 1517, and the Lutheran denomination bears his name to this day. In addition to being a reformer, he was quite active in the area of church music. Sources * Julian, pp. 703, 1631 * Stulken, pp. 149-50 Hymns 1. Ach Gott von Himmel, sieh darein * Look Down, O Lord, from Heaven Behold 2. Aus tiefer Not * From Depths of Woe I Raise to Thee * Out of the Deep I Cry to Thee * Out of the Depths I Cry to Thee 3. Berleih’ uns Frieden gnädiglich * In These Our Days So Perilous 4. Christ lag in Todesbanden * Christ in the Bands of Death Was Laid * Christ Jesus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands * Christ Was Laid in Death’s Strong Bands * In Death’s Strong Grasp the Savior Lay * In the Bonds of Death He Lay * Jesus in Bonds of Death Had Lain * Three Days in Death’s Strong Grasp He Lay 5. Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam * Christ baptist was be Johne in Jordan flude * Eye Sees Water, Nothing More, The * Jesus, Our Lord, to Jordan Came * To Jordan Came Our Lord, the Christ * To Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord * To Jordan When Our Lord Had Gone * Where Jordan’s Stream Was Rolling On 6. Christum wir sollen loben schon * Now Praise We Christ, the Holy One 7. Der du bist drei in Einigkeit * Thou, Who Art Three in Unity 8. Dies sind die heil’gen zehn Gebot’ * That Man a Godly Life Might Live 9. Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott * God Is a Stronghold and a Tower * Mighty Fortress Is Our God, A * Mighty Savior, Lord, Art Thou, A * Safe Stronghold Our God Is Still, A * Strong Tower and Refuge Is Our God 10. Ein neues Lied wir heben an * By Help of God I Fain Would Tell * Flung to the Heedless Winds 11. Erhalt’ uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort * Lord, Keep Us in Thy Word and Work * Lord, Keep Us Steadfast by Thy Word 12. Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl * Mouth of Fools Doth God Confess, The 13. Es woll’ uns Gott genädig sein * May God Bestow on Us His Grace * May God unto Us Gracious Be 14. Gelobet sei’st du Jesu Christ * All Praise to Jesus’ Hallowed Name * All Praise to Thee, Eternal Lord 15. Gott der Vater wohn uns bei * God the Father, with Us Stay 16. Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet * May God Be Praised Henceforth and Blest Forever 17. Herr Gott dich loben wir * Lord God, Thy Praise We Sing 18. Jesaia dem Propheten * Isaiah, Mighty Seer * These Things the Seer Isaiah Did Befall 19. Jesus Christus unser Heiland * Christ, Who Freed Our Souls from Danger * Jesus Christ, Who Came to Save 20. Komm Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist * Come, God Creator, Holy Ghost * Creator Spirit, Heavenly Dove 21. Komm heiliger Geist, Herre Gott * Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord! * Come, Holy Spirit, God and Lord! * Come, Holy Spirit, Lord Our God 22. Mensch willt du leben seliglich * Wilt Thou, O Man, Live Happily 23. Mit Fried’ und Freud’ ich fahr’ dahin * In Peace and Joy I Now Depart 24. Mitten wir im Leben sind * In the Midst of Earthly Life * Though in Midst of Life We Be 25. Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist * Now Pray We All God, the Comforter * We Now Implore God the Holy Ghost 26. Nun freut euch * Dear Christian People All, Rejoice 27. Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland * Savior of the Heathen, Known * Savior of the Nations, Come 28. O Lord, We Praise Thee 29. Sie ist mir lieb, die werthe Magd * Dear Is to Me the Holy Maid 30. Vater unser im Himmelreich 31. Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich 32. Von Himmel hoch da komm ich her * From Heaven Above to Earth I Come * Ah, Dearest Jesus 33. Von Himmel kam der Engel schaar * To Shepherds as They Watched by Night 34. Wär’ Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit * Had God Not Come, May Israel Say * If God Had Not Been on Our Side 35. Was fürcht’st du, Feind Herodes, sehr * Why, Herod, Unrelenting Foe 36. Wir glauben All an einen Gott * We All Believe in One True God 37. Wohl dem, der in Gottes Furcht steht * Happy the Man who Feareth God Music 1. Aus Tiefer Not 2. Nun Freut Euch Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/l/u/t/luther_m.html -------------------------------------------------- Born: 1483 - Eisleben, Germany Died: February 1546 - Eisleben, Germany Martin Luther was the son of a mining family of rural origin. He attended the Latin School in Mansfeld from 1488 onwards, continuing his schooling in Magdeburg and later in Eisenach. In 1501 Luther began his studies in Erfurt and intended to become a lawyer. In 1505, however, he made a decision that changed the course of his life radically: he decided to enter the Augustinian monastery in Erfurt. This decision shaped the rest of his life, and his search for a merciful God and His Will culminated in the development of the Reformation of the Church. Luther's negative personal experiences with the ecclesiastical means of grace resulted in not only increasing criticism of the deplorable state of affairs within the church but above all to a fundamental reconsideration of medieval theology. His public criticism of the misuse of letters of indulgence in 1517 did not result in the desired discussion but led to the start of a court of inquisition culminating in Luther's excommunication after the Imperial Diet of Worms in 1521. Friedrich the Wise organized a "kidnapping" to protect Martin Luther's life. Luther spent almost a year as Knight George on the Wartburg, where he translated the new testament into German. Luther's most obvious break with his monk's vows ensued when he married the former nun Katharina von Bora in June 1525. The basic unit of the protestant parish house had been born. After the Peasants' War in 1525, which Luther had disapproved of, the Reformer promoted the development of the protestant territorial church through visitations and church policies. He died in Eisleben, the town of his birth. By order of the Elector Luther was buried in the Castle Church in Wittenberg. With his translation of the Bible into German Martin Luther attained permanent fame as far as a unification of the German language was concerned. Today some 70 million believers on all five continents are members of the Lutheran Church. Source: http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Luther.html
Composer Martin Luther Martin Luther's bio information November 10, 1483 - February 18, 1546 Born: November 10, 1483, Eisleben, Germany. Died: February 18, 1546, Eisleben, Germany. Buried: Schlosskirche, Wittenberg, Germany. Philipp Melanchthon lies nearby. Luther began the Protestant Reformation in 1517, and the Lutheran denomination bears his name to this day. In addition to being a reformer, he was quite active in the area of church music. Sources * Julian, pp. 703, 1631 * Stulken, pp. 149-50 Hymns 1. Ach Gott von Himmel, sieh darein * Look Down, O Lord, from Heaven Behold 2. Aus tiefer Not * From Depths of Woe I Raise to Thee * Out of the Deep I Cry to Thee * Out of the Depths I Cry to Thee 3. Berleih’ uns Frieden gnädiglich * In These Our Days So Perilous 4. Christ lag in Todesbanden * Christ in the Bands of Death Was Laid * Christ Jesus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands * Christ Was Laid in Death’s Strong Bands * In Death’s Strong Grasp the Savior Lay * In the Bonds of Death He Lay * Jesus in Bonds of Death Had Lain * Three Days in Death’s Strong Grasp He Lay 5. Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam * Christ baptist was be Johne in Jordan flude * Eye Sees Water, Nothing More, The * Jesus, Our Lord, to Jordan Came * To Jordan Came Our Lord, the Christ * To Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord * To Jordan When Our Lord Had Gone * Where Jordan’s Stream Was Rolling On 6. Christum wir sollen loben schon * Now Praise We Christ, the Holy One 7. Der du bist drei in Einigkeit * Thou, Who Art Three in Unity 8. Dies sind die heil’gen zehn Gebot’ * That Man a Godly Life Might Live 9. Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott * God Is a Stronghold and a Tower * Mighty Fortress Is Our God, A * Mighty Savior, Lord, Art Thou, A * Safe Stronghold Our God Is Still, A * Strong Tower and Refuge Is Our God 10. Ein neues Lied wir heben an * By Help of God I Fain Would Tell * Flung to the Heedless Winds 11. Erhalt’ uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort * Lord, Keep Us in Thy Word and Work * Lord, Keep Us Steadfast by Thy Word 12. Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl * Mouth of Fools Doth God Confess, The 13. Es woll’ uns Gott genädig sein * May God Bestow on Us His Grace * May God unto Us Gracious Be 14. Gelobet sei’st du Jesu Christ * All Praise to Jesus’ Hallowed Name * All Praise to Thee, Eternal Lord 15. Gott der Vater wohn uns bei * God the Father, with Us Stay 16. Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet * May God Be Praised Henceforth and Blest Forever 17. Herr Gott dich loben wir * Lord God, Thy Praise We Sing 18. Jesaia dem Propheten * Isaiah, Mighty Seer * These Things the Seer Isaiah Did Befall 19. Jesus Christus unser Heiland * Christ, Who Freed Our Souls from Danger * Jesus Christ, Who Came to Save 20. Komm Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist * Come, God Creator, Holy Ghost * Creator Spirit, Heavenly Dove 21. Komm heiliger Geist, Herre Gott * Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord! * Come, Holy Spirit, God and Lord! * Come, Holy Spirit, Lord Our God 22. Mensch willt du leben seliglich * Wilt Thou, O Man, Live Happily 23. Mit Fried’ und Freud’ ich fahr’ dahin * In Peace and Joy I Now Depart 24. Mitten wir im Leben sind * In the Midst of Earthly Life * Though in Midst of Life We Be 25. Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist * Now Pray We All God, the Comforter * We Now Implore God the Holy Ghost 26. Nun freut euch * Dear Christian People All, Rejoice 27. Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland * Savior of the Heathen, Known * Savior of the Nations, Come 28. O Lord, We Praise Thee 29. Sie ist mir lieb, die werthe Magd * Dear Is to Me the Holy Maid 30. Vater unser im Himmelreich 31. Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich 32. Von Himmel hoch da komm ich her * From Heaven Above to Earth I Come * Ah, Dearest Jesus 33. Von Himmel kam der Engel schaar * To Shepherds as They Watched by Night 34. Wär’ Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit * Had God Not Come, May Israel Say * If God Had Not Been on Our Side 35. Was fürcht’st du, Feind Herodes, sehr * Why, Herod, Unrelenting Foe 36. Wir glauben All an einen Gott * We All Believe in One True God 37. Wohl dem, der in Gottes Furcht steht * Happy the Man who Feareth God Music 1. Aus Tiefer Not 2. Nun Freut Euch Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/l/u/t/luther_m.html -------------------------------------------------- Born: 1483 - Eisleben, Germany Died: February 1546 - Eisleben, Germany Martin Luther was the son of a mining family of rural origin. He attended the Latin School in Mansfeld from 1488 onwards, continuing his schooling in Magdeburg and later in Eisenach. In 1501 Luther began his studies in Erfurt and intended to become a lawyer. In 1505, however, he made a decision that changed the course of his life radically: he decided to enter the Augustinian monastery in Erfurt. This decision shaped the rest of his life, and his search for a merciful God and His Will culminated in the development of the Reformation of the Church. Luther's negative personal experiences with the ecclesiastical means of grace resulted in not only increasing criticism of the deplorable state of affairs within the church but above all to a fundamental reconsideration of medieval theology. His public criticism of the misuse of letters of indulgence in 1517 did not result in the desired discussion but led to the start of a court of inquisition culminating in Luther's excommunication after the Imperial Diet of Worms in 1521. Friedrich the Wise organized a "kidnapping" to protect Martin Luther's life. Luther spent almost a year as Knight George on the Wartburg, where he translated the new testament into German. Luther's most obvious break with his monk's vows ensued when he married the former nun Katharina von Bora in June 1525. The basic unit of the protestant parish house had been born. After the Peasants' War in 1525, which Luther had disapproved of, the Reformer promoted the development of the protestant territorial church through visitations and church policies. He died in Eisleben, the town of his birth. By order of the Elector Luther was buried in the Castle Church in Wittenberg. With his translation of the Bible into German Martin Luther attained permanent fame as far as a unification of the German language was concerned. Today some 70 million believers on all five continents are members of the Lutheran Church. Source: http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Luther.html
Arranger A. H. M. A. H. M.'s bio information June 27, 1960 - Born in the Van Wert Ohio Hospital on June 27, 1960, Alvin (Bud) Herman Manz, Jr. was the 3rd of 4 sons born to Betty Manz and firstborn to her second husband, Alvin. His older siblings, John Paul Rose, Jr. (1956) and Joseph Henry Rose (1957), were born to John Paul Rose. In 1958, John Sr. passed away leaving Betty with 2 little boys to care for until she met Alvin Manz and got married to him on October 3, 1959. Bud's younger sibling, Robert James Manz, Sr., was born on August 23, 1961. Bud never married, instead lives with his father just south of Defiance Ohio.
Notes From "V. Shumann's Geistliche Lieder, 1539" Translated by Catherine Winkworth (1829-1878) in 1855. Von Himmel Hoch. L. M. Text from St. Luke 2:1-18
Lyrics From heav'n above to earth I come To bear good news to every home; Glad tidings of great joy I bring, Whereof I now will say and sing: To you this night is born a child Of Mary, chosen mother mild; This little child, of lowly birth, Shall be the joy of all your earth. Now let us all with gladsome cheer Follow the shepherds and draw near To see this wondrous gift of God, Who hath His only Son bestowed. Welcome to earth, Thou noble Guest, Through whom e'en wicked men are blest! Thou com'st to share our misery; What can we render, Lord, to Thee? My heart for very joy doth leap, My lips no more can silence keep; I, too, must raise with joyful tongue That sweetest ancient cradlesong: Glory to God in highest heav'n, Who unto us His Son hath giv'n! While angels sing with joyful mirth A glad new year to all the earth.

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