#527: Lord Jesus Christ, Be Present Now
Jan. 8th, 2020 10:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lutheranhymnsThe attributed music is something that looks roughly like "German songbooks" and it definitely looks like a German dance tune adapted for hymns. Somewhat-syncopated 3/2, weird accidentals but not too weird.
The text is "attr." to Wilhelm II, which is already a sign that that might be somewhat spurious. If you search for the name of the song, you will eventually stumble across the Wikipedia page of William of Saxe-Weimar, which is apparently who they meant. He does not appear to be the second of anything. Wikipedia lists at least 6 Wilhelm IIs (including the Kaiser), and 46 William IIs (including some of the people on the previous list)...none of whom are this guy.
The text is "attr." to Wilhelm II, which is already a sign that that might be somewhat spurious. If you search for the name of the song, you will eventually stumble across the Wikipedia page of William of Saxe-Weimar, which is apparently who they meant. He does not appear to be the second of anything. Wikipedia lists at least 6 Wilhelm IIs (including the Kaiser), and 46 William IIs (including some of the people on the previous list)...none of whom are this guy.
