“Danket dem Herrn, denn er ist sehr freundlich” (Thank the Lord, for he is good, Psalm 107) is an After Meal hymn by Johann Horn (Jan Roh, 1487-1547; sometimes attributed to Michael Weisse) to the associated melody (Nürnberg 1544), found in the tenor Vitam quae faciunt and Vivamus mea Lesba by Ludwig Senfl (1534) (Zahn 12), text in six 8-line stanzas, from a Thanks to God song in Ein Gesangbuch der Brüder inn Behemen und Merherrn (Nürnberg 1544), based on Psalm 136. It is found in the NLGB as No. 218, in the Orgelbüchlein, No. 154 (from Gotha-Witt Hymnbook No. 452), and in the Telemann 1730 chorale book, No. 164, Christian Life, and No. 235, ?Prayer of Thanksgiving. Bach set it as a plain chorale, BWV 286.
Source: Blessing & Thanks Hymns as Chorales at Meals; Tafelmusik (William L. Hoffman, Dec 21, 2017) |