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Beginner Level — The lyrics to this beloved hymn among English speaking Christians first appeared in 1677. It is unknown who translated the song into English. The German title is Schönster Herr Jesu.
Listen to the beginner piano arrangement of Fairest Lord Jesus.
There is little information on the origin of this Christian hymn. There are some accounts that say it was called Crusader’s and Hymn because it was sung by German Crusaders as they made their way to the Holy Land. The lyrics to this beloved hymn among English speaking Christians first appeared in 1677. It is unknown who translated the song into English. The German title is Schönster Herr Jesu.
* Beginner Level — Luther was a prolific hymnodist (writer of hymns), authoring hymns such as “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”, based on Psalm 46, and the Easter hymn “Christ Jesus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands,” which was inspired by a medieval Easter hymn from approximately 1100 A.D. called “Christ Is Arisen”.
* Beginner Level — Away in a Manger is a Christmas carol first published in 1885 in Philadelphia and used widely throughout the English-speaking world.
Beginner Level — The tune “Duke Street” was composed for Psalm 98 by John Hatton.
* Beginner Level — Be Still, My Soul, written in German in 1752 by Katharina Amalia Dorothea von Schlegel (1697–1768) and translated into English in 1855 by Jane Laurie Borthwick (1813–1897).