Sheet music

Original

Schönster Herr Jesu. Fairest Lord Jesus. Christoph Dalitz. Basso continuo. Organ. Sacred , Hymn. Languages. German , English.

Translation

Fairest Lord Jesus. Fairest Lord Jesus. Christoph Dalitz. Basso continuo. Organ. Sacred , Hymn. Languages. German , English.

Original

These settings are based on the original baroque melody and not on the later 19th century melody. Original text and translations. The original German text is from a hymn book from Münster. Germany. from 1677. The English translation of stanzas 1-4 is by Josaph A. Seiss form 1873. The English translation of stanza 5 is by Christoph Dalitz, because Seiss had dropped this stanza, which refers to 1 Cor 11, 23-25.

Translation

These settings are based on the original baroque melody and not on the later 19th century melody. Original text and translations. The original German text is from a hymn book from Münster. Germany. from 1677. The English translation of stanzas 1-4 is by Josaph A. Seiss form 1873. The English translation of stanza 5 is by Christoph Dalitz, because Seiss had dropped this stanza, which refers to 1 Cor 11, 23-25.