Tune: 000670 |
Allein Gott in Der Hoh' |
- Meter:
- 8,7,8,7,8,8,7
- Incipit:
- Do-re-mi form:
dmfsfmrm|mmrmfrdrd
- Oxford Hymn Tune Index form:
13454 32333 23421
- Author:
- Plainsong, 10th cent.
- Valten Schumann, Geistliche Lieder, 1539
- attr. arr., Nikolaus Decius
- Harm., Hieronymus Praetorius
- Harm., Felix Mendelssohn
- Other Names:
- Stettin; Decius; To God On High
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- Music:
- Four-part harmony, full score [Noteworthy Composer score]
- Four-part harmony, full score [MIDI file]
- Four-part harmony, full score [Adobe Acrobat image]
- Notes:
- This tune was adapted from the Gloria of the Easter mass
(Lux et origo).
It was later used by Bach in several cantatas, and by Mendelssohn in
the oratorio St. Paul.