Lyrics:    The Benedictine Nuns of Stanbrook Abbey, from The Stanbrook Abbey Hymnal, © 1974.
Meter:    88.88

ERHALT UNS, HERR

Composer:    Joseph Klug’s Geistliche Lieder, Wittenberg, 1543;
adapted by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750.
Hymnals:    Catholic Worship Book: 764 • II: 296
Divine Office 1974: 17 / Hymns for the Proper of Seasons: 16 (Lent)
Note:    The Divine Office suggests an obscure tune, SEVERN VIEW, only available in the 1972 hymnal Praise the Lord. It has been replaced with ERHALT UNS HERR here (as used in Catholic Worship Book II) for practical reasons.
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