EIN FESTE BURG (ISORHYTHMIC)

EIN FESTE BURG (ISORHYTHMIC) is a hymn tune in 8.7.8.7.6.6.6.6.7, composed by Martin Luther (1483–1546) (1529). 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.

In this library it is the tune for 1 hymn, listed below.

The four-part harmony played here comes from the Open Hymnal Project's public-domain edition (copied from 'Common Service Book with Hymnal', ULCA 1918 Hymn 195, alt. to match syncopation of Hedge translation Lyric source: Presbyterian Hymnal, Revised, 1911 Hymn 122.). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to EIN FESTE BURG (ISORHYTHMIC), with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.

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