Living Wellsprings
The Hymns, Songs and Poems of N.F.S. Grundtvig
A part of the series N.F.S. Grundtvig: Works in English (2) , and the subject area Philosophy
Edited by
Edward Broadbridge
With an introduction by
Uffe Jonas
Translated by
Edward Broadbridge
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About the book
'All my Living Wellsprings are in you', says God to His people in Psalm 87:7. The title seems apt for the poetic works of the Danish poet-pastor N.F.S. Grundtvig (1783-1872) who wrote over a third of the hymns in the present Danish Hymnbook as poet, adaptor, or translator. Living Wellsprings contains a wide selection of Grundtvig's best-known hymns and songs along with a number of his shorter poems - 162 items in all - in new translations. Ths is the first comprehensive collection of the poetry of one of the pre-eminent builders of the Danish nation, who regarded Danish history, language, and song as absolutely indispensable to the life of what he termed 'the state, the church, and the school'.
As part of its agenda to digitalise and translate Grundtvig's vast output, the Grundtvig Study Centre at Aarhus University is pleased to publish this second volume in the series, 'N.F.S. Grundtvig: Works in English'. Volume 1, The School for Life, contains Grundtvig's major writings on education. Future volumes will deal with his philosophy, his politics, and his theology.
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Sanne Lind Hansen
MA in ethnography and classical archeology and trained at the Danish School of Journalism. Sanne primarily works with anthropology, archeology and early history. She is also responsible for foreign sales and commission agreements, and she was once employed at the National Museum (Antiquities).
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Hymns
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40
41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50
51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60
65 (available on YouTube under the Danish title, Jeg kender et land)
Songs
78 (available on YouTube under the Danish title, Vi kan føle, vi skal lære)
81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89
90 (available on YouTube under the Danish title, Velkommen i den grønne lund)
95 (available on YouTube under the Danish title, Hvad er det, min Marie)
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