ES IST EIN ROS

Stanza Arc

The narrative or theological arc traced by this tune's stanzas: Law (expectant longing) → Gospel (miraculous birth) → Gospel (proclamation of Christ's glory) → Gospel (prayer for sanctification)

Associated Hymn Texts (3)

• Lo How a Rose Ere Blooming — Anonymous (German); tr. Theodore Baker (1599)
• Lo How a Rose is Growing — Unknown (attributed to 15th century German tradition) (1494)
• Lo, How a Rose e're Blooming

Set to This Tune in The Lutheran Hymnal (2)

• TLH 76 A Great and Mighty Wonder
• TLH 645 Behold, a Branch Is Growing

Notes on the Tune

From Hymn Desk's analyses of the hymns sung to it.

TLH 76, A Great and Mighty Wonder : ES IST EIN ROS ENTSPRUNGEN (Cologne, 1599) — the familiar 'Lo, How a Rose' melody.