Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit
16th century German Lutheran hymn / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit" (What my God wants should always happen) is a Lutheran hymn in German. The text from c. 1550 is attributed to Albert, Duke of Prussia. The melody, Zahn No. 7568,[1] goes back to a tune by Claudin de Sermisy, written in 1529 for a secular French song. The hymn has belonged to core Lutheran hymnody without interruption and is part of the Protestant hymnal Evangelisches Gesangbuch as EG 364.
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Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit | |
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Lutheran hymn | |
Catalogue | Zahn 7568 |
Written | 1547 |
Text | attr. to Albert, Duke of Prussia |
Language | German |
Melody | by Claudin de Sermisy |
Composed | 1529 (1529) |
Published | 1547 (1547) |
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It has been set to music throughout centuries, including by Johann Sebastian Bach, who based a chorale cantata on it, Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit, BWV 111, and used the first stanza as a chorale in the St Matthew Passion and several cantatas.