ES WOLLT UNS GOTT GENÆDIG

ES WOLLT UNS GOTT GENÆDIG is a hymn tune in 8.7.8.7.8.7.8.7.7, composed by Martin Luther (1483–1546) (1524). 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.

The four-part harmony played here comes from the Open Hymnal Project's public-domain edition (copied from Concordia Kinderchöre, 1908 Hymn 128 page 152.). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to ES WOLLT UNS GOTT GENÆDIG, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.

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