Published 1653 (1653) | Language German | |
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English Why should I then grieve | ||
"Warum sollt ich mich denn grämen" (Why should I then grieve) is a hymn with a text by Paul Gerhardt written in 1653. It was first published that same year in the fifth edition of Johann Crüger's hymnal Praxis Pietatis Melica. In the current Protestant hymnal, Evangelisches Gesangbuch, it appears as number 370.
Contents
Text
Below is the text of the first stanza, in the original German:
Musical setting
Max Reger composed a chorale prelude as No. 43 of his 52 Chorale Preludes, Op. 67 in 1902.
References
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