MUSIC. FORTEM VIRILI PECTORE, of unknown origin, has much of the character of a German folk tune. It appears in various editions of the Catholisches Gesangbuch, Strassburg, 1697 and onwards, set to a German version of the words, “Fortem virili pectore.”
573. God who madest earth and heaven
Heinrich Albert, 1604-51
Trs. Johann C. Jacobi, 1670-1750
Arthur T. Russell, 1806-74
Catherine Winkworth, 1829-78
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Gott des Himmels und der Erden,
Vater, Sohn und Heil’ger Geist,
Der es Tag und Nacht lässt werden,