Hoch sei gepriesen unser Gott

"" is a Christian hymn by Maria Luise Thurmair, based on the Benedictus canticle and set to a 1543 melody by Guillaume Franc. The hymn in three stanzas of eight lines was written in 1985. It appeared in the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob in 2013.

History

Maria Luise Thurmair wrote "" in 1985. It is a close paraphrase of the Benedictus, written to match a 1543 melody by Guillaume Franc. The hymn is in three stanzas of eight lines each.
It appeared in the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob, as GL 384, in the section "Lob, Dank und Anbetung".

Tune and settings

The melody of "" by Guillaume Franc, is in bar form. It rises an octave up within the first five notes. Michael Funke composed a cantata for mixed choir and organ based on the hymn, setting all three stanzas differently.

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