“Nun danket alle Gott”

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“Nun danket alle Gott” is a well-known Lutheran hymn of thanksgiving that has been widely used in Protestant worship and frequently set to music by composers.

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instanceOf Christian hymn ⓘ
Lutheran hymn ⓘ
thanksgiving hymn ⓘ
approximateTextCompositionPeriod Thirty Years' War ⓘ
approximateTextCompositionYear 1630 ⓘ
countryOfTextAuthorActivity Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
EnglishTranslationLanguage English ⓘ
EnglishTranslationPublicationYear 1858 ⓘ
function congregational singing ⓘ
hasEnglishTitle Now Thank We All Our God ⓘ
hasEnglishTranslator Catherine Winkworth ⓘ
hasNotableSettingBy Felix Mendelssohn ⓘ
Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
Max Reger ⓘ
Sigfrid Karg-Elert ⓘ
historicalContext written during plague and war in Eilenburg ⓘ
isIncludedIn Evangelisches Gesangbuch ⓘ
Evangelisches Kirchengesangbuch ⓘ
various English-language hymnals ⓘ
language German ⓘ
liturgicalUse Reformation festivals ⓘ
general thanksgiving ⓘ
harvest festivals ⓘ
state and national thanksgiving services ⓘ
weddings ⓘ
melodyType chorale melody ⓘ
musicalTexture typically harmonized in four-part chorale style ⓘ
numberOfStanzas 3 ⓘ
originalMeter 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6 ⓘ
placeOfTextAuthorActivity Eilenburg ⓘ
religiousTradition Lutheranism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
textAuthor Martin Rinckart ⓘ
Martin Rinkart ⓘ
textAuthorBirthYear 1586 ⓘ
textAuthorDeathYear 1649 ⓘ
textAuthorOccupation German pastor ⓘ
Lutheran clergyman ⓘ
textBasedOn Sirach 50:22–24 ⓘ
textGenre metrical hymn ⓘ
theme praise ⓘ
thanksgiving ⓘ
trust in God ⓘ
tuneComposer Johann Crüger ⓘ
tuneComposerBirthYear 1598 ⓘ
tuneComposerDeathYear 1662 ⓘ
tuneFirstPublicationYear 1647 ⓘ
tuneFirstPublishedIn Praxis Pietatis Melica ⓘ
tuneName Nun danket alle Gott ⓘ
usedInCountry Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
usedInDenomination Anglican churches ⓘ
linked to: Anglican Communion

Lutheran churches ⓘ
linked to: Lutheranism

Methodist churches ⓘ
Presbyterian churches ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian

Reformed churches ⓘ
United Church of Christ ⓘ
usedInWork Bach Cantata BWV 192 ⓘ
Bach Cantata BWV 79 ⓘ
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 2 "Lobgesang" ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mendelssohn Lobgesang → notableMovement → “Nun danket alle Gott” ⓘ
Hymn of Praise → hasNotableMovement → “Now thank we all our God” ⓘ
linked to: “Nun danket alle Gott”
Nun danket alle Gott → tuneName → Nun danket alle Gott ⓘ
subject linked to: “Nun danket alle Gott”
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