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*[[Wie ists so Fein, lieblich und schön, SWV 238 (Heinrich Schütz)|Psalm 133 - ''Wie ists so Fein, lieblich und schön'']]
*[[Wie ists so Fein, lieblich und schön, SWV 238 (Heinrich Schütz)|Psalm 133 - ''Wie ists so Fein, lieblich und schön'']]
*[[Den Herren lobt mit Freuden, SWV 239 (Heinrich Schütz)|Psalm 134 - ''Den Herren lobt mit Freuden'']]
*[[Den Herren lobt mit Freuden, SWV 239 (Heinrich Schütz)|Psalm 134 - ''Den Herren lobt mit Freuden'']]
*[[Lob Gott von Herzengrunde, SWV 240 (Heinrich Schütz)|Psalm 135 - ''Lob Gott von Herzengrunde'']]
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Revision as of 09:15, 3 October 2017

German metrical Psalter published in 1602 by the Leipzig Theologian Cornelius Becker. This publication was without melodies and meant to be sung on other well-known Lutheran hymns. Becker included in his Psalter earlier Lutheran Psalm paraphrases (e.g. Aus tiefer Not, Ach Gott vom Himmel sieh darein, Erbarm dich mein, Ein feste Burg ). Heinrich Schütz welcomed the theological intentions of this new metrical version, and composed the melodies, which he published twice during his lifetime (1628, 1661 (revised and enlarged), together with 4-voiced musical settings. Outside Dresden only a few of these Psalms have become popular.