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O Take My Hands, Dear Saviour
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Author Julie Katharina Hausmann Julie Katharina Hausmann's bio information March 19, 1826 - August 15, 1901 Born: March 19, 1826 in Riga Died: August 15 1901 in Võsu, Estonia Julie was a Baltic German poet, known for the hymn "So nimm denn meine Hände" ("Lord, Take My Hand and Lead Me"), with a melody by Friedrich Silcher. Earlier translations had been made by Herman Brueckner as "O take my hand, dear Father" and Elmer Leon Jorgenson as "Take Thou My Hand, and Lead Me".[4] The hymn has also been translated by Martha D. Lange, whose version appears in Great Songs of the Church Revised (1986).[5] Hausmann was the daughter of a teacher. She worked for a while as a governess, but due to her ill health lived with and cared for her father, who had gone blind. After his death in 1864, she lived with her sisters in Germany, Southern France and St. Petersburg, Russia. She died during a summer vacation in Estonia. A legend holds that Hausmann wrote her most famous poem "So nimm denn meine Hände" after journeying to see her fiancé at a mission and, on arriving, finding that he had just died. Various explorations of her biography have yet to confirm or deny the rumor. She never married. Her poetry was published by others, including Gustav Knak without mentioning her name, at her request.
Composer Friedrich Silcher Friedrich Silcher's bio information June 27, 1789 - August 26, 1860 Born: June 27, 1789, Schnait im Remstal, Germany (near Stuttgart). Died: August 26, 1860, Tübingen, Germany. Buried: Tübingen, Germany. In 1912, Silcher’s birthplace, the old school building in Schnait im Remstal, became a museum and memorial to him. Silcher’s father died when he was four years old, and his mother married Christian Heinrich Wegmann, the local schoolteacher. Wegmann was a faithful and loving stepfather, and Friedrich was his special darling. Silcher’s schooling ended at age 14, and he wanted to become a teacher. At that time, training involved a three year apprenticeship with a master schoolteacher (Schulmeister), so Silcher became an assistant teacher in Geradstetten, Remstal. His Schulmeister was not only a teacher, but also a renowned choirmaster, which influenced Silcher’s future development. In 1806, when his apprenticeship was finished, Silcher became assistant teacher in Fellbach, near Stuttgart. From 1809 on, he taught school in Ludwigsburg, where he met composers Carl von Weber and Konradin Kreutzer. Both encouraged him to make music his profession. While in Ludwigsburg, Silcher also came into contact with the ideas of Swiss teacher Heinrich Pestalozzi. Pestalozzi advocated universal education, and using music and singing as an educational tool. In Switzerland, Hans Nägeli tried to put Pestalozzi’s ideas into action: he founded numerous choral societies, mainly male (Männergesangverein). Nägeli’s ideas greatly influenced Silcher, and the two corresponded and visited each other frequently. Silcher highly admired Nägeli, and his letters referred to him as “My dearest friend and patron.” (Once he wrote to Nägeli that Nägeli was a hero and knight of singing, and he, Silcher, was his squire.) In 1815, Silcher moved to Stuttgart to become a musician and music teacher. One of his mentors was composer Konradin Kreutzer, director of the Württemberg Court Chapel. Silcher lived with the family of piano manufacturer Schiedmayer. In 1817, Silcher became Music Director at the University of Tübingen, where he stayed the rest of his life. In Tübingen, Silcher founded the Akademische Liedertafel (University Singing Society) in 1829, and was its president for over 30 years. In 1852, the University made him Doctor Philosophiae honoris causa, highest of his many honors. To give newly formed choral societies something to sing, Silcher collected, composed and edited hundreds of folk songs, tunes, and hymns, and wrote settings and arrangements for choir and home singing. One of the best known, by Silcher himself, was Ich weiß nicht, was soll es bedeuten, the “Loreley” song (words by Heinrich Heine, 1823). Silcher published the melody in 1838, but may have written it somewhat earlier. He was also a pioneer in rediscovering sacred music by 16th and 17th Century composers such as Hassler, Palestrina, Praetorius, and Bach. His works include: * Vierstimmige Hymnen und Choralgesänge (Hymns for Four Voices), 1825 & 1828 * A collection of 62 hymns for two or three voices (“arranged for school, church and home use”) * Geschichte des evangelischen Kirchengesangs (History of Protestant Church Singing), 1846 Sources * Erickson, p. 393 * Frost, p. 690 * Stulken, p. 390 Music 1. Das Lieben 2. Far Out on the Desolate Billow 3. Pastor Pastorum 4. So Nimm denn Meine Hände Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/s/i/silcher_f.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 Zion's Melodies, Page 11 So nimm denn meine Hände Silcher 7. 4. 7. 4. D.
Lyrics O, take my hands, dear Saviour, Be Thou my guide, That I now and forever With Thee abide. Alone I'd soon be straying Afar from Thee; Lord, heed my fervent praying; Abide with me! Within Thy grace enfold me, My weak heart aid; And ever faithful hold me, Through joy and pain. At Thine own feet reposing, Rest I receive; In faith mine eyes now closing, Thy Word believe. When helpless I am feeling, I seek Thy might. Thy will Thou art revealing In this dark night; So, take my hands, O Saviour, And be my Guide, That I now and forever With Thee abide. ----------------- So nimm denn meine Hände und führe mich bis an mein selig Ende und ewiglich! Ich mag allein nicht gehen nicht einen Schritt; wo Du wirst gehn und stehen, da nimm mich mit! In dein Erbarmen hülle mein schwaches Herz und mach es gänzlich stille in Freud und Schmerz! Laß ruhn zu deinen Füßen dein armes Kind; es wird die Augen schließen und glauben blind. Wenn ich auch gleich nichts fühle von seiner Macht, Du führst mich doch zum Ziele auch durch die Nacht. So nimm denn meine Hände und führe mich bis an mein selig Ende und ewiglich!

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