"Komm, Schöpfer Geist, kehr bei uns ein" | |
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Christian hymn | |
English | Come, Creator Spirit, visit us |
Text | by Heinrich Bone |
Language | German |
Based on | Veni Creator Spiritus |
Published | 1845 |
"Komm, Schöpfer Geist, kehr bei uns ein" (Come, Creator Spirit, visit us) is a Christian hymn in German for Pentecost. The text is a paraphrase of the Latin hymn Veni Creator Spiritus by Heinrich Bone. The melody is an adaptation of the Latin hymn's plainchant. It was first published in 1845. In the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob, it is GL 351.
History
Komm, Schöpfer Geist, kehr bei uns ein is one of many paraphrases of the 9th-century Veni Creator Spiritus which is attributed to Rabanus Maurus.[1] The first version in German was Martin Luther's "Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist, published in 1524.[2] Bone's version, in six stanzas as the model, was first published in 1845.[3] It was part of his 1847 hymnal Cantate!. The hymn was included in the first edition of the common German Catholic hymnal Gotteslob in 1975 as GL 245, and is stanza, GL 351 in its 2013 edition, in the section Pentecost / Holy Spirit.[3]
Text
Latin (GL 341) | Heinrich Bone (GL 351) |
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Veni, creator Spiritus, |
Komm, Schöpfer Geist, kehr bei uns ein, |
Tune
Notes
- ↑ The last stanza is slightly different in Gotteslob.
References
- ↑ ""Komm, Schöpfer Geist": Die Kirche ruft um den Geist". Diocese of Regensburg (in German). Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ↑ ""Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist" (EG 126)" (PDF) (in German). Luther-Gesellschaft. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- 1 2 "Komm, Schöpfer Geist, kehr bei uns ein". mein-gotteslob.de (in German). Retrieved 28 May 2020.
External links
- Komm, Schöpfer Geist, kehr bei uns ein (in German) evangeliums.net
- Gotteslobvideo (GL 351): Komm, Schöpfer Geist, kehr bei uns ein on YouTube
- Komm, Schöpfer Geist, kehr bei uns ein johann-paul-zehetbauer.de