"Komm, Schöpfer Geist, kehr bei uns ein" (Come, Creator Spirit, visit us) is a Christian hymn in German for Pentecost. The text is a paraphrase by Heinrich Bone of the Latin hymn Veni Creator Spiritus. It was first published in 1845. In the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob, it has the number GL 351.
"Komm, Schöpfer Geist, kehr bei uns ein" | |
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Christian hymn | |
English | Come, Creator Spirit, visit us |
Text | by Heinrich Bone |
Language | German |
Based on | Veni Creator Spiritus |
Published | 1845 |
History
editKomm, Schöpfer Geist, kehr bei uns ein is one of many paraphrases of the 9th-century Veni Creator Spiritus which is attributed to Rabanus Maurus.[1] The first version in German was Martin Luther's "Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist, published in 1524.[2] Bone's version, in six stanzas as the model, was first published in 1845.[3] It was part of his 1847 hymnal Cantate!. The hymn was included in the first edition of the common German Catholic hymnal Gotteslob in 1975 as GL 245 and GL 351 in its 2013 edition, in the section Pentecost / Holy Spirit.[3]
Text
editLatin (GL 341) | Heinrich Bone (GL 351) |
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Veni, creator Spiritus, |
Komm, Schöpfer Geist, kehr bei uns ein, |
Tune
editNotes
edit- ^ The last stanza is slightly different in Gotteslob.
References
edit- ^ ""Komm, Schöpfer Geist": Die Kirche ruft um den Geist". Diocese of Regensburg (in German). Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ ""Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist" (EG 126)" (PDF) (in German). Luther-Gesellschaft. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Komm, Schöpfer Geist, kehr bei uns ein". mein-gotteslob.de (in German). Retrieved 28 May 2020.
External links
edit- Komm, Schöpfer Geist, kehr bei uns ein (in German) at evangeliums.net
- Gotteslobvideo (GL 351): Komm, Schöpfer Geist, kehr bei uns ein on YouTube
- Komm, Schöpfer Geist, kehr bei uns ein at johann-paul-zehetbauer.de