Leipz. 1855, 2 parts. Julius Mützell: Geistliche Lieder der evangelischen Kirche aus dem 16ten
Jahrh. nach den ältesten Drucken. Berlin, 1855, in 3 vols. (The same publ. afterwards Geistl.
Lieder der ev. K. aus dem 17ten und Anfang des 18ten Jahrh. Braunschweig, 1858.) K.
Müllenhoff and W. Scherer: Denkmäler deutscher Poesie und Prosa aus dem 8ten his 12ten
Jahrh. Berlin, 1864.
Eduard Emil Koch (d. 1871): Geschichte des Kirchenlieds der christlichen, insbesondere der
deutschen evangelischen Kirche. Third ed. completed and enlarged by Richard Lauxmann.
Stuttgart, 1866–1876, in 8 vols. (The first ed. appeared in 1847; the second in 1852 and 1853,
in 4 vols.) A very useful book for German hymnody.
Philipp Wackernagel (d. 1877): Das deutsche Kirchenlied von Luther his N. Hermann und A.
Blaurer. Stuttgart, 1842, in 2 vols. By the same: Bibliographie zur Geschichte des deutschen
Kirchenliedes im 16ten Jahrhundert. Frankf. -a-M., 1855. By the same: Das deutsche
Kirchenlied von der ältesten Zeit his zu Anfang des XVII Jahrhunderts. Leipzig, 1864–77, in
5 vols. (his chief work, completed by his two sons). A monumental work of immense industry
and pains-taking accuracy, in a department where "pedantry is a virtue." Vol. I. contains Latin
hymns, and from pp. 365–884 additions to the bibliography. The second and following vols.
are devoted to German hymnody, including the mediaeval (vol. II.).
A. F. W. Fischer: Kirchenlieder-Lexicon. Hymnologisch-literarische Nachweisungen über 4,500
der wichtigsten und verbreitetsten Kirchenlieder aller Zeiten. Gotha, 1878, ’79, in 2 vols. K.
Severin Meister and Wilhelm Bäumker (R. C.): Das katholische deutsche Kirchenlied in seinen
Singweisen von den frühesten Zeiten his gegen Ende des 17ten Jahrh. Freiburg-i. -B. 1862, 2d
vol. by Bäumker, 1883. Devoted chiefly to the musical part.
On the hymnody of the Reformed churches of Switzerland and France in the sixteenth century, Les
Psaumes mis en rime franaçaise par Clément Marot et Theodore de Bèze. Mis en musique à
quatre parties par Claude Goudimel. Genève, 1565. It contains 150 Psalms, Symeon’s Song, a
poem on the Decalogue and 150 melodies, many of which were based on secular tunes, and
found entrance into the Lutheran Church. A beautiful modern edition by O. Douen: Clément
Marot et le Psautier Huguenot. Paris, 1878 and 1879, 2 vols. Weber: Geschichte des
Kirchengesangs in der deutschen reformirten Schweiz seit der Reformation. Zürich, 1876.
On the hymnody of the Bohemian and Moravian Brethren, see Wackernagel’s large work, III.
229–350 (Nos. 255–417), and Koch, l.c. II. 114–132.
Comp. the hymnological collections and discussions of Rambach, Bunsen, Knapp, Daniel, J. P.
Lange, Stier, Stip, Geffken, Vilmar, etc. Also Schaff’s sketch of "German Hymnology," and
other relevant articles in the forthcoming "Dictionary of Hymnology," edited by J. Julian, to
be published by J. Murray in London and Scribner in New York, 1889. This will be the best
work in the English language on the origin and history of Christian hymns of all ages and
nations.
The most valuable contribution which German Protestantism made to Christian worship is its
rich treasury of hymns. Luther struck the key-note; the Lutheran Church followed with a luminous
train of hymnists; the Reformed churches, first with metrical versions of the Psalms and appropriate
tunes, afterwards with new Christian hymns.
The hymn in the strict sense of the term, as a popular religious lyric, or a lyric poem in
praise of God or Christ to be sung by the congregation in public worship, was born in Germany
tuis.
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