“Nun sich der Tag geendet hat” (Now the day has ended) is an Evening Hymn in composite text of nine 4-line stanzas of composer Adam Krieger (1634-1666), Stanza 1 (1665); Johann Friedrich Hertzog (1647-1699, Stanzas 2-7 and 9 (1622); and a Leipzig addition, Stanza 8 (1693), set to the Adam Krieger melody (1665, Zahn 212, Neu Arien) but not found in the NLGB. J.S. Bach set this prayer of protection and acceptance as a plain chorale, BWV 396 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDnvgL8rGzM). It is found in the Lutheran Hymnal as “Now that the day has reached its close.”
Source: Devotional Hymns: Morning, Evening Songs (William L. Hoffman, December 14, 2017) |