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*[[Lobet, ihr Himmel, Gott den Herrn, SWV 253 (Heinrich Schütz)|Psalm 148 - ''Lobet, ihr Himmel, Gott den Herrn'']]
*[[Lobet, ihr Himmel, Gott den Herrn, SWV 253 (Heinrich Schütz)|Psalm 148 - ''Lobet, ihr Himmel, Gott den Herrn'']]
*[[Die heilige Gemeine, SWV 254 (Heinrich Schütz)|Psalm 149 - ''Die heilige Gemeine'']]
*[[Die heilige Gemeine, SWV 254 (Heinrich Schütz)|Psalm 149 - ''Die heilige Gemeine'']]
*[[Lobt Gott in seinem Heiligtum, SWV 255 (Heinrich Schütz)|Psalm 150 - ''Lobt Gott in seinem Heiligtum'']]
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Revision as of 08:50, 8 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.