In Peace and Joy I Now Depart

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About this hymn

Date: 1524
Tune: Mit Fried und Freud ich Far Dahin
Composer: 1524 from Walter's Geistliche Gesangbüchlein
Key: C
Meter: 8 5 8 4 7 7

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Assurance, Closing Songs, Comfort, Darkness, Spiritual, Eternal Life, Faithfulness.

Lk 2:29-32 · Gen 49:18 · Is 42:6-7 · Is 49:6

Musical background

Mit Fried und Freud ich Far Dahin is presented in the source key of C, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: Martin Luther, 1524. Translated by Leonard Woolsey Bacon, 1884, alt. Music: 'Mit Fried und Freud ich Far Dahin' from Walter's Geistliche Gesangbüchlein, 1524. Setting: Michael Praetorius, 1610. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2009 Revision.