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Mein Gott, wie schn ist deine Welt
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Wikipedia article
"'" (My God, how beautiful is Your World) is a German Catholic hymn. It was written by Georg Thurmair in 1936. The melody was composed by Heinrich Neu the same year. It was part of Thurmair's 1938 hymnal 'Kirchenlied', and it is part of regional sections of the Catholic hymnal 'Gotteslob' (2013).
History
Georg Thurmair wrote the song "" in 1936. It was set to music the same year by Heinrich Neu. The song, in four long stanzas, expresses thankfulness for the Creation. It was included in Thurmair's hymnal 'Kirchenlied' in 1938. Its incipit is the header for the section of daytime songs. A collection of early poems by Thurmair was published with the hymn's beginning as the title.
In the first common Catholic hymnal, the 1975 'Gotteslob', the song was not part of the common section but did appear in regional sections.Thomas Labont: 'Die Sammlung "Kirchenlied" (1938). Entstehung, Korpusanalyse, Rezeption.' Francke Verlag, Tbingen 2008, , pp 196209. In the 2013 edition, it was again omitted from the common section but included in several regional sections.
Theme
The beginning of the song uses a diary entry of the Romantic poet Joseph von Eichendorff who wrote on 14 September 1805, after travelling in the Harz mountains: "O Gott! wie schn ist deine Welt! riefen wir alle einmtig aus im seligen Genusse und konnten nur mit Mhe unsere Blicke von der unermelichen Weite ablenken." (O God! How beautiful is Your World! we all exclaimed unanimously in blissful enjoyment, and could only with difficulty distract our eyes from the immeasurable vastness.) All stanzas end in the same line, which repeats the first line, adding even another exclamation "wie schn ist deine Welt". The four stanzas describe creatures, first plants (green forests, blooming meadows), sun and rushing clouds which are compared to the fast movement of life. In the second stanza, animals appear, also sun, moon and stars. In the third stanza, human beings are described as praising the shining creation. The final stanza is a prayer for support in times of thunderstorms.
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