FREU DICH SEHR
FREU DICH SEHR was composed or adapted by Louis Bourgeois for the 1551 edition of the Genevan Psalter, where it served as the setting for Psalm 42, 'Ainsi qu'on oit le cerf bruire,' in Clément Marot's French versification. Bourgeois served as the chief musical architect of the Genevan Psalter under John Calvin's direction from 1545 onward, and this tune reflects his characteristic gift for modal melody of dignified yet singable character. The tune belongs to the Dorian mode and moves with a gent
Stanza Arc
The narrative or theological arc traced by this tune's stanzas: Law's accusation answered by Gospel promise: God's absolute pardon and Christ's sufficient redemption transform mourning into comfort and restore creation's proper order
Associated Hymn Texts (9)
- Comfort Comfort All My People
- Comfort Comfort Says the Voice
- Comfort Comfort These My People
- Comfort Comfort Ye My People
- Signs and wonders lead the dancing
- Soul, Adorn Yourself with Gladness
- Comfort Comfort Now My People
- O Rejoice, Ye Christians, Loudly
- Praise to You and Adoration
Set to This Tune in The Lutheran Hymnal (3)
Notes on the Tune
From Hymn Desk's analyses of the hymns sung to it.
TLH 61, Comfort, Comfort, Ye My People : FREU DICH SEHR (Genevan Psalter, 1551) — a Genevan psalm tune in bar form with a dancing rhythm.