“Nun danket alle Gott”

E590568

“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.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
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"

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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”
linked to: “Nun danket alle Gott”