Hymn tune
NUN KOMM, DER HEIDEN HEILAND
NUN KOMM, DER HEIDEN HEILAND is a hymn tune in 7.7.7.7, credited to 1524 from Walter's Geistliche Gesangbüchlein (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.
60 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 #135, page 109 Ed. Karl Brauer. slightly altered. Music source: The Evangelical Lutheran Hymn Book, 1931, Hymn 141.). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to NUN KOMM, DER HEIDEN HEILAND, 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
- Christ the Lord Is Risen Today — Christ the Lord is ris'n today, Alleluia!
- The Pilgrim's Song — Children of the heav'nly King,
- I Am Coming to the Cross — I am coming to the cross,
- The Night Cometh — Softly now the light of day
- Holy Spirit, Light Divine — Holy Ghost, with light divine,
- Opening Worship — Lord, we come before Thee now,
- Depth of Mercy! Can There Be? — Depth of mercy! can there be
- Encouragement to Pray — Come, my soul, thy suit prepare,
- Hark, My Soul! It Is The Lord! — Hark! my soul! it is the Lord;
- Praise To God, Immortal Praise — Praise to God, immortal praise,
- Holy Bible, Book Divine — Holy Bible, book divine,
- Let Us With a Gladsome Mind — Let us with a gladsome mind