Wir danken dir

Meter: 8.8. 8.8.
Source: Bergkreyen, Nürnberg, 1551, No. 27
Proper Text: Lord Jesus, We Give Thanks to Thee (Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ)

Zahn No. 366


This melody first appeared with the text “Sanct Paulus die Corinthier” in the collection Bergkreyen, Nürnberg, 1551, No. 27, a scan of which is available here. The melody there, however, featured extensive melismas. Nikolaus Herman provided a simplified form of the melody with the same text in his Die Sontags Euangelia, Leipzig, 1560, p. K iiii b, a scan of which is available here. The present form of the melody is that given by Johann Herman Schein with the same text in his Cantional, 1628.