THE HYMNS OF MARTIN LUTHER SET TO THEIR ORIGINAL MELODIES

THE HYMNS OF MARTIN LUTHER SET TO THEIR ORIGINAL MELODIES with an English Version Edited by Leonard Woolsey Bacon Assisted by Nathan H. Allen Contents Introduction Dr. Martin Luther's Preface to All Good Hymn Books, 1543 FROM THE ``EIGHT SONGS,'' Wittenberg, 1524. I.--Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein (1523) ``A Song of Thanksgiving for the Great Blessings which God in Christ has manifested to us.'' Dear Christians, One and All Rejoice. Translation in part from R. Massie. First Melody, 1524. Harmony by H. Schein, 1627. Second Melody from Klug's Gesangbuch, 1543. Harmony by M. Praetorius, 1610. This choral is commonly known under the title, ``Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit,'' and, in a modified form, in England and America, as ``Luther's Judgment Hymn,'' from its association with a hymn of W. B. Collyer, partly derived from the German, and not written by Luther.