"Keinen hat Gott verlassen". [Trust in God.] Wackernagel, v. p. 275, gives this hymn from the Geistliche Lieder (Erfurt, 1611), and the Christliches Gesangbuchlein (Hamburg, 1612), in 8 stanzas of 8 lines. Also in Mutzell, 1855, No. 590, and the Berlin Geistliche Lieder (ed. 1863), No. 847. In the 1612 it is entitled "A hymn on the name of the serene right honourable princess and lady, Lady Katharina, by birth and marriage Margravine and Electress of Brandenburg." As she died September 30, 1602, the hymn probably dates from the 16th century. The initials of the 8 stanzas form the name Katarina. The common ascription to Andreas Keßler, who was only born in 1595, is baseless.
Source: John Julian: Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) |