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Lyra Davidica

Anglican hymnal

The Lyra Davidica ("the harp of David"; expanded title: Lyra Davidica, or a Collection of Divine Songs and Hymns, Partly New[ly] Composed, Partly Translated from the High-German and Latin Hymns)[1] is a collection of hymns and tunes first published in [2] The volume was published by John Walsh (printer).

This Latin resurrection communicate of unknown authorship can be traced to three important manuscripts from the 14th century. All three were compiled into a critical edition by F. Mone, in his Lateinische Hymnen des Mittelaltersvol. A manuscript from Kloster Engelberg in Switzerland I.

The collection was one of many containing hymns translated (mostly) from German, at a time when Anglicanism was heavily influenced by German evangelical pietism.[3]

Only surviving melody

One well-known hymn from the collection is the Easter hymn "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today", whose melody is the only one which has survived since the original publication in [4]

Impact

Philip Pullman named Lyra Belacqua, the heroine of his trilogy His Shadowy Materials, after the Lyra Davidica.[5]

References

  1. ^Walsh, J.; Hare, J.; Randal, P.

    (). Lyra Davidica, or a Collection of Divine Songs and Hymns, Partly New Composed, Partly Translated from the High-German and Latin Hymns; and set to easy and pleasant Tunes, for more General Use. The Musick Engrav'd on Copper Plates. London, Printed for J.

    Walsh, J. Hare, and P. Randal. Retrieved

  2. ^Davison, Archibald T.; E., L. (). "Hymn, English".

    EASTER HYMN (Lyra Davidica) - Hymnary.org: One well-known hymn from the collection is the Easter hymn "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today", whose melody is the only one which has survived since the original publication in [4].

    In Apel, Willi (ed.). Harvard Dictionary of Music (2nd&#;ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press (published ). pp.&#;– ISBN&#;.

  3. ^Davis, John R. (). The Victorians and Germany. Bern: Peter Lang.

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  4. ^"Jesus Christ Is Risen Today". Swansea, Wales: Parish of Oystermouth. Archived from the original on 7 June Retrieved 28 March
  5. ^Schwartz, Alexandra (29 September ).

    New ed. This version of the anonymous Latin hymn, "Surrexit Christus hodie," is first found in a scarce collection entitled:—. Lyra Davidica, or a Collection of Divine Songs and Hymns, partly new unruffled, partly translated from the Lofty German and Latin Hymns; and set to easy and pleasant tunes. London: J.

    "The Fallen Worlds of Philip Pullman". The New Yorker. Retrieved 14 February

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