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Thread #77979   Message #1396948
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
02-Feb-05 - 03:30 PM
Thread Name: Crusades, Holy War, Jihad:Trad. Ballad?
Subject: RE: Crusades, Holy War, Jihad:Trad. Ballad?
Fairest Lord Jesus written as Schönster Herr Jesu by German Jesuits, published in 1677; English version by Seiss, 1973. Music a Silesian folk song, pub. 1842, arr. Willis, 1850.
Cyberhymnal: Fair Lord Jesus

Little is known of the church music of the time. Joe Offer has commented on a couple, but I have forgotton the names and threads.