#440: In Peace and Joy I Now Depart
Jan. 2nd, 2020 10:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lutheranhymnsThis is a Martin Luther original, but it's kind of...weird. Technically, the text is a loose adaptation of the "Nunc dimittis" (Simeon's song); Simeon's was "now I can 'go' in peace because I've seen Jesus." The Latin version, or its multilingual adaptations is sometimes sung at the end of a service where 'go' just means "leave for the week." This one definitely means "go" as in "die." But it's in the category of "End Time" because...well, I guess after the end of time the dead people are resurrected, although from their perspective maybe it's instantaneous? Not sure on that one.
The key is...mode II? Ends on D in a nominally C (but could pass for D minor, there's a B-flat at one point). No time signatures or measures, just various phrases. Usually when Luther's songs are like this they're adaptations of like a German dance tune/beer hall song, but this appears to be original and just meterless.
The key is...mode II? Ends on D in a nominally C (but could pass for D minor, there's a B-flat at one point). No time signatures or measures, just various phrases. Usually when Luther's songs are like this they're adaptations of like a German dance tune/beer hall song, but this appears to be original and just meterless.
