Am 2008-04-11 um 22:31 schrieb Werner LEMBERG:
"- what is a good way of translating the German "ewig reicher
Gott", [...]
The meaning of "reich" in this example is extremely uncommon in
(modern) German. I *guess* it refers to the old stem of "-rich"
(like in names) that means "ruler", simila
The first appearance of "ewig reicher Gott" to come in my mind is "Nun
danket alle Gott", a very well-known choral by Johann Crüger on a text
by Martin Rinckart (German Catholic "Gotteslob", 266).
It seems to be usually translated with "bounteous God" there; e.g. cf.
http://www.cyberhymn
>> In that case, it might be rendered as "ever reigning God" or "ever
>> ruling God" as in "Jesus Lives, and So Shall I" (based on "Jesus lebt,
>> mit ihm auch ich," by Christian F. Gellert, tune commonly attributed
>> to Joachim Neander)
Oops, that's wrong. The tune for "Jesus lebt, mit ihm auc
fiëé visuëlle wrote:
The meaning of "reich" in this example is extremely uncommon in (modern)
German.
I *guess* it refers to the old stem of "-rich" (like in names) that
means "ruler", similar to "Reich" (empire, see "dein Reich komme" in
German paternoster).
In that case, it might be render
> > > "- what is a good way of translating the German "ewig reicher
> > > Gott", [...]
>
> The meaning of "reich" in this example is extremely uncommon in
> (modern) German. I *guess* it refers to the old stem of "-rich"
> (like in names) that means "ruler", similar to "Reich" (empire, see
> "dei
Am 2008-04-11 um 20:59 schrieb David R. Linn:
"- what is a good way of translating the German "ewig reicher
Gott", meaning something like God, who has power forever. (perhaps
a common English version already exists for this song)"
/God everlasting, God ever powerful /
I don't think I can he
David Stocker wrote:
Hi Bert,
It's been a few years and I'm afraid my German has gotten rusty, but
I'll give it a try anyway.
"- how would you call the 4-voice arrangements of hymns used in
presbiterian liturgy. Just "hymn arrangement"? (Choralsatz in German)"
I'm an Amercian raised in a P
