"Sing[e]t dem Herrn ein neues Lied" ("Sing unto the Lord a new song") is a Lutheran hymn in four stanzas by Matthäus Apelles von Löwenstern.Singt dem Herrn ein neues Lied, die Gemeine at Johann Sebastian Bach, chorals: sources hymnologiques des mélodies, des textes et des théologies, p. 118, by James Lyon (2005) The text is based on Psalm 149. The hymn was first published in 1644. Löwenstern is also the composer of its hymn tune, in C major, Zahn No. 6424.BWV 411 at Luke Dahn's website (2018). Apart from this tune, the 1644 publication also contained a basso continuo accompaniment, to be performed on organ when the hymn was sung.Apelles von Löwenstern, Matthäus at . A four-part setting of the hymn by Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 411, was based on Löwenstern's tune.Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied at Basso, Alberto (1983). Frau Musika: La vita e le opere di J. S. Bach, Vol. 2: Lipsia e le opere de la maturità (1723–1750). Turin: EDT, p. 846. . . Bach's setting was first published in 1786.
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