Sample Hymn Page

Meter = Iambic-Trochaic - 8.7. 8.7. 5.5.5. 6.7.
Ein feste Burg is unser Gott - Martin Luther - 1529
A Mighty Fortress is Our God
zahn7377a - Ein feste Burg - Martin Luther - Geistlicher Lieder, Joseph Klug 1535
zahn7377b - Ein feste Burg - Martin Luther - Kirchen Gesangbuch, Straßburg, 1616
zahn7377c - Ein feste Burg - Martin Luther - Musicalisch-Choral-Buch, Georg Bronner, 1715
zahn7377d - Ein feste Burg - Martin Luther - Harmonischer Lieder-Schatz, Johann König, 1738
zahn7378 - Ein feste Burg - Melodeien zu der Wernigerödischen - Halle, 1767
zahn7379 - Ein feste Burg - Melodeien zu der Wernigerödischen - Halle, 1767
English Lutheran Hymnals - tlh262 - lw297 - lbw228 - cw200 - elh250

Legend
TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal (1941)
LW = Lutheran Worship (1982)
LBW = Lutheran Book of Worship (19)
HS = Hymnal Supplement 98 (1998)
WOV = With One Voice(1995)
ELH = Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary (1996)
CW = Christian Worship (1993)
Zahn = Johannes Zahn - Die Melodien der deutschen evangelischen Kirchenlieder

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