Hymn tune
ACT GOTT VOM HIMMELREICHE
ACT GOTT VOM HIMMELREICHE is a hymn tune in 7.6.7.6 D, composed by Michael Praetorius (1571–1621) (1609). In a hymnal the tune has a name of its own, printed in capitals, because the same music carries many texts: any hymn written in its meter can be sung to it.
44 hymns in this library share its meter and can be sung to it.
The four-part harmony played here comes from the Open Hymnal Project's public-domain edition (copied from "Mehrstimmiges ChoralBuch", 1906 Hymn 5 (LCMS). Ed. Karl Brauer. Music source: "Kern des Deutschen Kirchengesangs", 1855 ed. Dr. Fridrich Layriz hymn 231; pdf 159 page 54; pdf 401 is index). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to ACT GOTT VOM HIMMELREICHE, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.
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Other texts in the same meter
- Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus — Stand up, stand up for Jesus,
- From Greenland's Icy Mountain — From Greenland's icy mountains,
- Work, for the Night is Coming — Work, for the night is coming;
- The Morning Light is Breaking — The morning light is breaking,
- The Church's One Foundation — The Church’s one foundation
- Jerusalem the Golden — Jerusalem the golden,
- Hail to the Lord's Anointed — Hail to the Lord's Anointed,
- O Day of Rest and Gladness — O day of rest and gladness!
- O sacred head now wounded — O sacred Head, now wounded,
- O Jesus, Thou Art Standing — O Jesus, Thou art standing
- O Jesus, I Have Promised — O Jesus, I have promised
- In Heavenly Love Abiding — In heavenly love abiding,