{"id":4192,"date":"2007-10-21T12:36:13","date_gmt":"2007-10-21T16:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?p=4192"},"modified":"2007-10-21T12:39:38","modified_gmt":"2007-10-21T16:39:38","slug":"the-morning-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2007\/10\/the-morning-star\/","title":{"rendered":"The Morning Star"},"content":{"rendered":"

We don’t often refer to Christ as the morning star, although there’s good scriptural precedent<\/a> for the metaphor, and several 16\/17th century Lutheran hymns (my particular target of religious envy) make use of it. My favorite of these is “Der Morgenstern ist aufgedrungen” (D. Rumpius\/M. Praetorius), for which I know of no English translation except my own. I’ve seen versions with as many as six verses, and knowing the habits of the time, there were probably something like 14 verses in the original edition. But the contemporary performances I know have at most three, so that’s all there is here. You can find a score as SATB here<\/a> (PDF) and a MIDI file here<\/a>. A pretty decent performance of two verses, including one not given below, is available on Youtube<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n
1.Der Morgenstern ist aufgedrungen,
\ner leucht’t daher zu dieser Stunde
\nhoch \u00c3\u00bcber Berg und tiefem Tal,
\nvor Freud’ singt uns der lieben Englein Schar.<\/p>\n

2.Christus im Himmel wohl bedachte,
\nwie er uns reich und selig machte,
\nund wieder br\u00c3\u00a4cht’ ins Paradies,
\ndarum er Gottes Himmel gar verlie\u00c3\u0178.<\/p>\n

3.O heilger Morgenstern, wir preisen
\ndich heute hoch mit frohen Weisen;
\ndu leuchtest vielen nah und fern,
\nso leucht’ auch uns, Herr Christ, du Morgenstern! <\/td>\n

1. The morning star has risen before us,
\nand shines upon our rising chorus
\nhigh over hill and verdant plain;
\nangelic voices swell the joyful strain.<\/p>\n

2. Our Lord in heaven long considered
\nhow he would bless and save his children,
\nand lead us back to Paradise,
\nand so was born in humble infant’s guise.<\/p>\n

3. O holy Morning Star, we bring thee
\nour praise, and joyful song we sing thee;
\nthy light shines forth both near and far,
\nso shine on us Lord Christ, thou Morning Star.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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