QUEM PASTORES

Stanza Arc

The narrative or theological arc traced by this tune's stanzas: From the shepherds' discovery of Christ in history to the faithful community's present confession and comfort in him

Associated Hymn Texts (2)

• A Child Is Born in Bethlehem — Cyril Argentine Alington (1909)
• To Shepherds as They Watched by Night — Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig (1817)

Set to This Tune in The Lutheran Hymnal (1)

• TLH 90 Come, Your Heart and Voices Raising

Notes on the Tune

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

TLH 90, Come, Your Hearts and Voices Raising: QUEM PASTORES (Bohemian carol, 14th/15th c.), the 'Quempas' tune long sung in German Christmas processions.