Komm, Heilger Geist, der Leben schafft explained

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Type:Christian hymn
Translation:Come, Holy Spirit, creating life
Language:German
Text:by Friedrich Dörr
Written:1972
Melody:1524

"German: Komm, Heilger Geist, der Leben schafft|italic=no" (Come, Creator Spirit, visit us) is a Christian hymn in German for Pentecost. The text is a paraphrase of the Latin hymn Latin: [[Veni Creator Spiritus]]|italic=no by Friedrich Dörr, with a 1524 melody. It was first published in the Catholic German hymnal Gotteslob in 1975.

History

German: Komm, Heilger Geist, der Leben schafft|italic=no is one of many paraphrases of the 9th-century which is attributed to Rabanus Maurus. The first version in German was Martin Luther's "German: Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist|italic=no, published with a melody adapted from the Latin hymn's plainchant in Wittenberg in 1524. Dörr's version translates the six stanzas of the model, and adds a doxology. It was included with the 1524 melody in the first edition of the common German Catholic hymnal Catholic hymnal Gotteslob in 1975 as GL 241, and is, shortened by the last stanza, GL 342 in its 2013 edition, in the section Pentecost / Holy Spirit.

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