O Holy Spirit, Enter In

Text by Michael Schirmer

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About this hymn

Date: 1650
Tune: Wie Schön Leuchtet
Composer: Phillipp Nicolai
Key: Eb
Meter: 8 8 7 8 8 7 4 8 4 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 Aspiration, Christian Life, Commitment, Consecration, Consolation, Courage in Affliction.

1Cor 6:19-20 · 3:16 · 1Jn 1:5-7 · 1Pt 2:5-9 · Ez 36:27 · 1Cor 1:18 · 2:13 · Jn 4:14 · Rev 2:10

Musical background

Wie Schön Leuchtet is presented in the source key of Eb, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

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

Words: Michael Schirmer, 1650 except verse 2 by unknown author circa 1660. Verses 1, 4, 6-8 translated by by Catherine Winkworth, 1863. Remaining verses unknown translator before 1931. Music: 'Wie Schön Leuchtet' Phillipp Nicolai, 1599. Setting: "Mehrstimmiges ChoralBuch", 1906. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2012 Revision.