To Shepherds As They Watched By Night

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About this hymn

Date: 1543
Tune: Vom Himmel Hoch
Composer: Leipzig from Schumann's Geistliche Lieder
Key: D
Meter: 8 8 8 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 Angels, Assurance, Blood, Brotherhood, Christmas/Advent, Comfort.

Is 9:2 · Lk 2:8-15 · Mic 5:2 · 1Cor 15:55-57

Musical background

Vom Himmel Hoch is presented in the source key of D, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

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

Words: Martin Luther, 1543. translated by Richard Massie, 1854. Music: 'Vom Himmel Hoch' traditional German from Schumann's Geistliche Lieder, Leipzig, 1539. Setting: "Common Service Book" (ULCA), 1917. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2009 Revision.