{"slug": "the-lords-prayer-vater-unser", "name": "VATER UNSER", "alt_name": "THE LORD'S PRAYER", "meter_label": "8.8.8.8.8.8", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "composer_source": "Geistliche Lieder (Leipzig), 1539", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "c", "mode": "minor"}, "preferred_harmonization": "the-lords-prayer-vater-unser-cyberhymnal", "provenance": {"layer": "tune", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "VATER UNSER (also called THE LORD'S PRAYER), the German Lord's-Prayer chorale melody first printed in Geistliche Lieder (Leipzig, 1539); melody anonymous. A public-domain four-part setting (harm. J. S. Bach) encoded from The Cyber Hymnal SATB MIDI via tools/mid2ly.py and verified against the Cyber Hymnal engraving (C minor, 4/4 with a one-beat pickup; the tune is melismatic and closes on a C-major Picardy chord). All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "encoding_origin": "The Cyber Hymnal, \"Vater unser\" (Geistliche Lieder, 1539; harm. J. S. Bach); SATB MIDI + engraving, converted with tools/mid2ly.py", "encoding_license": "PD-dedication"}, "harmonization": {"slug": "the-lords-prayer-vater-unser-cyberhymnal", "tune": "the-lords-prayer-vater-unser", "music_file": "the-lords-prayer-vater-unser-cyberhymnal.ly", "harmonizer": "johann-sebastian-bach", "arrangement_type": "harmonization", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "c", "mode": "minor"}, "time": "4/4", "pickup": "4", "system_breaks": [9, 18, 28, 37, 46], "final_barline": "|.", "amen": false, "verse_variable_melisma": true, "refrain": null, "source_line": "VATER UNSER, Geistliche Lieder, 1539; harm. J. S. Bach. Public domain.", "provenance": {"layer": "harmonization", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Tune VATER UNSER (Geistliche Lieder, Leipzig, 1539; melody anonymous); four-part harmonization by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). US public domain by pre-1931 publication. Encoded from The Cyber Hymnal SATB MIDI via tools/mid2ly.py; the four-voice render was verified note-for-note against the Cyber Hymnal engraving (C minor, 4/4 with a one-beat pickup; the closing C-major Picardy chord's tenor E is printed natural in the source).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "encoding_origin": "The Cyber Hymnal, \"Vater unser\" (Geistliche Lieder, 1539; harm. J. S. Bach); SATB MIDI + engraving, converted with tools/mid2ly.py", "encoding_license": "PD-dedication"}, "music_ly": "%% VATER UNSER (8.8.8.8.8.8) \u2014 the German Lord's-Prayer chorale melody from\n%% Geistliche Lieder (Leipzig, 1539); four-part harmonization by J. S. Bach.\n%% Here paired with The Psalter (1912) No. 211 \"O God, most holy are Thy ways\"\n%% (Psalm 77:13-20). Encoded from The Cyber Hymnal (public domain): the SATB MIDI\n%% was converted with tools/mid2ly.py and the four-voice render was verified\n%% note-for-note against the Cyber Hymnal engraving. Key C minor (three flats),\n%% 4/4 with a one-beat pickup; the chorale closes on a C-major (Picardy) chord \u2014\n%% the tenor E is printed with a natural in the source. MELISMATIC (55 soprano\n%% notes for 48 syllables): the 7 melisma continuations are held with '_' every\n%% stanza (verse_variable_melisma) at syllables 4, 11, 19, 22, 29, 37 and 43,\n%% each a slurred two-eighth-note figure in the melody.\n\\version \"2.24.0\"\n\nglobal  = { \\key c \\minor \\time 4/4 \\partial 4 }\n\nsoprano = {\n  g'4 g'4 es'4 f'8( d'8) g'4 es'4 d'4 c'4 g'4 g'4 f'8( es'8) bes'4 g'4 es'4 f'4 g'4 g'4 bes'4 c''8( d''8) es''4 d''4 c''8( f'8) b'4 c''4 c''4 d''4 c''4 bes'4 a'8( fis'8) g'4 fis'4 g'4 c''4 bes'4 a'4 bes'4 g'8( d'8) g'4 f'4 es'4 g'4 as'4 g'8( f'8) es'4 f'4 es'4 d'4 c'4\n}\nalto = {\n  es'4 d'4 c'4 c'8 d'8 es'4 c'4 b4 c'4 es'4 es'4 d'8 es'8 f'4 es'4 c'4 c'4 d'4 es'4 d'4 es'8 f'8 g'4 f'4 es'8 f'8 g'4 e'4 f'4 f'4 fis'4 g'4 g'8 fis'8 g'4 d'4 d'4 f'4 f'4 es'4 d'4 es'8 d'8 c'4 d'4 es'4 c'4 f'4 es'8 d'8 c'4 d'4 c'4 b4 c'4\n}\ntenor = {\n  c'4 g4 g4 as4 c'8 f8 g4 g4 es4 c'4 bes8 as8 bes4 bes4 bes4 c'4 c'4 b4 c'4 bes4 as4 g4 a8 b8 c'4 d'4 c'4 a4 bes4 c'4 d'4 es'8 d'8 d'8 c'8 a4 bes4 a4 bes4 c'4 f4 es8 bes,8 es4 bes4 g4 c'4 c'4 b4 c'8 bes8 as4 g4 g8 f8 e4\n}\nbass = {\n  c4 b,4 c4 f4 es8 f8 g4 g,4 c4 c'4 g8 as8 bes4 d4 es4 as4 as,4 g,4 c4 g4 f4 es4 f8 g8 as4 g4 c4 f4 bes4 a4 g4 c8 d8 es8 c'8 d4 g4 f4 d4 c4 bes,4 c8 bes,8 as,4 bes,4 es4 e4 f4 g4 as8 g8 f4 g4 g,8 f8 c4\n}\n"}, "harmonizations": [{"slug": "the-lords-prayer-vater-unser-cyberhymnal", "tune": "the-lords-prayer-vater-unser", "music_file": "the-lords-prayer-vater-unser-cyberhymnal.ly", "harmonizer": "johann-sebastian-bach", "arrangement_type": "harmonization", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "c", "mode": "minor"}, "time": "4/4", "pickup": "4", "system_breaks": [9, 18, 28, 37, 46], "final_barline": "|.", "amen": false, "verse_variable_melisma": true, "refrain": null, "source_line": "VATER UNSER, Geistliche Lieder, 1539; harm. J. S. Bach. Public domain.", "provenance": {"layer": "harmonization", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Tune VATER UNSER (Geistliche Lieder, Leipzig, 1539; melody anonymous); four-part harmonization by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). US public domain by pre-1931 publication. Encoded from The Cyber Hymnal SATB MIDI via tools/mid2ly.py; the four-voice render was verified note-for-note against the Cyber Hymnal engraving (C minor, 4/4 with a one-beat pickup; the closing C-major Picardy chord's tenor E is printed natural in the source).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "encoding_origin": "The Cyber Hymnal, \"Vater unser\" (Geistliche Lieder, 1539; harm. J. S. Bach); SATB MIDI + engraving, converted with tools/mid2ly.py", "encoding_license": "PD-dedication"}, "music_ly": "%% VATER UNSER (8.8.8.8.8.8) \u2014 the German Lord's-Prayer chorale melody from\n%% Geistliche Lieder (Leipzig, 1539); four-part harmonization by J. S. Bach.\n%% Here paired with The Psalter (1912) No. 211 \"O God, most holy are Thy ways\"\n%% (Psalm 77:13-20). Encoded from The Cyber Hymnal (public domain): the SATB MIDI\n%% was converted with tools/mid2ly.py and the four-voice render was verified\n%% note-for-note against the Cyber Hymnal engraving. Key C minor (three flats),\n%% 4/4 with a one-beat pickup; the chorale closes on a C-major (Picardy) chord \u2014\n%% the tenor E is printed with a natural in the source. MELISMATIC (55 soprano\n%% notes for 48 syllables): the 7 melisma continuations are held with '_' every\n%% stanza (verse_variable_melisma) at syllables 4, 11, 19, 22, 29, 37 and 43,\n%% each a slurred two-eighth-note figure in the melody.\n\\version \"2.24.0\"\n\nglobal  = { \\key c \\minor \\time 4/4 \\partial 4 }\n\nsoprano = {\n  g'4 g'4 es'4 f'8( d'8) g'4 es'4 d'4 c'4 g'4 g'4 f'8( es'8) bes'4 g'4 es'4 f'4 g'4 g'4 bes'4 c''8( d''8) es''4 d''4 c''8( f'8) b'4 c''4 c''4 d''4 c''4 bes'4 a'8( fis'8) g'4 fis'4 g'4 c''4 bes'4 a'4 bes'4 g'8( d'8) g'4 f'4 es'4 g'4 as'4 g'8( f'8) es'4 f'4 es'4 d'4 c'4\n}\nalto = {\n  es'4 d'4 c'4 c'8 d'8 es'4 c'4 b4 c'4 es'4 es'4 d'8 es'8 f'4 es'4 c'4 c'4 d'4 es'4 d'4 es'8 f'8 g'4 f'4 es'8 f'8 g'4 e'4 f'4 f'4 fis'4 g'4 g'8 fis'8 g'4 d'4 d'4 f'4 f'4 es'4 d'4 es'8 d'8 c'4 d'4 es'4 c'4 f'4 es'8 d'8 c'4 d'4 c'4 b4 c'4\n}\ntenor = {\n  c'4 g4 g4 as4 c'8 f8 g4 g4 es4 c'4 bes8 as8 bes4 bes4 bes4 c'4 c'4 b4 c'4 bes4 as4 g4 a8 b8 c'4 d'4 c'4 a4 bes4 c'4 d'4 es'8 d'8 d'8 c'8 a4 bes4 a4 bes4 c'4 f4 es8 bes,8 es4 bes4 g4 c'4 c'4 b4 c'8 bes8 as4 g4 g8 f8 e4\n}\nbass = {\n  c4 b,4 c4 f4 es8 f8 g4 g,4 c4 c'4 g8 as8 bes4 d4 es4 as4 as,4 g,4 c4 g4 f4 es4 f8 g8 as4 g4 c4 f4 bes4 a4 g4 c8 d8 es8 c'8 d4 g4 f4 d4 c4 bes,4 c8 bes,8 as,4 bes,4 es4 e4 f4 g4 as8 g8 f4 g4 g,8 f8 c4\n}\n", "preferred": true}], "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}