WAS FRAG ICH NACH DER WELT

WAS FRAG ICH NACH DER WELT is a hymn tune in 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6, composed by Ahasverus Fritsch (1629–1701) (1679). 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.

1 hymn 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 "The Selah Song Book", 1926 Hymn 329. Lyrics source: The Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal, 1942 Hymn 430 http://www.projectwittenberg.org/etext/hymnals/tlh/world.txt Note that the text of this hymn from the Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal is available on Project Wittenberg, operated by the Walther Library of Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne and the text is listed as public domain. S: Note that there is confusion about the translation date for this hymn as it is wrong in the usually-reliable TLH. I find this in the "Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book" by Lutheran Publication Board, Baltimore, 1893 Hymn 282 The mistake probably happened because it was translated well before the LCMS made an English language hymnal so it was not published by CPH S: Also note that the tune Darmstadt (Fritsch) or O Gott du Frommer Gott is an adaptation of this which affects both the tune and setting. The adaptation was J. S. Bach. But this is the original. Some hymnals still label the modified tune as Was Frag Ich Nach Der Welt). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to WAS FRAG ICH NACH DER WELT, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.

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