"Sing ''e''t dem Herrn ein neues Lied" ("Sing unto the Lord a new song") is a

Lutheran hymn Martin Luther was a great enthusiast for music, and this is why it forms a large part of Lutheran services; in particular, Luther admired the composers Josquin des Prez and Ludwig Senfl and wanted singing in the church to move away from the ' ...

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
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by James Lyon (2005) The text is based on

Psalm 149 Psalm 149 is the 149th psalm of the Book of Psalms, a hymn as the book's penultimate piece. The first verse of the psalm calls to praise in singing, in English in the King James Version: "Sing a new song unto the Lord". Similar to Psalm 96 and Ps ...

. The hymn was first published in 1644. Löwenstern is also the composer of its

hymn tune A hymn tune is the melody of a musical composition to which a hymn text is sung. Musically speaking, a hymn is generally understood to have four-part (or more) harmony, a fast harmonic rhythm (chords change frequently), with or without refrai ...

, 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. A four-part setting of the hymn by

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the ''Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wo ...

, BWV 411, was based on Löwenstern's tune. 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)''.
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. . Bach's setting was first published in 1786.

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