“Lobet den Herrn, denn er ist sehr freundlich” (Praise the Lord, for he is good) is a paraphrase of Psalm 147, to an anonymous text before 1579, set to the associated melody (Zahn 975, EG 304) of Antonio Scandello in Newe Teutsche Geistliche Liedlein (New German Hymns; Nuremberg 1568). Set in six 7-line stanzas, it is an After Meal hymn that is found in the NLGB as No. 223, in the Orgelbüchlein, No. 154 (from Gotha-Witt Hymnbook No. 456), and in the Telemann 1730 chorale book, No 166, Christian Life. J.S. Bach set it as plain chorale, BWV 374 (http://www.bach-chorales.com/BWV0374.htm, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrOS5geolAQ.
Source: Blessing & Thanks Hymns as Chorales at Meals; Tafelmusik (William L. Hoffman, December 21, 2017) |