Now Rest Beneath Night's Shadow

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About this hymn

Date: 1648
Tune: Innsbruck
Composer: Heinrich Isaac
Key: G
Meter: 7 7 6 7 7 8

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 Christian Life, Evening, God, Creator, Gratitude, Inner Life, Nature.

Ps 19:1 · Ps 4:8 · Ps 91:1-16 · Lk 1:76-79 · Ps 139:11-14

Musical background

Innsbruck is presented in the source key of G, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

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

Words: Paul Gerhardt, 1648. Translation composite before 1941. Music: 'Innsbruck' or 'Nun ruhen alle Wälder' or 'O Welt, Ich Muss Dich Lassen' Heinrich Isaac, 1490. Setting: Johann Sebastian Bach, 1734. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2010 Revision.