{{Short description|Lutheran hymm for Pentecost}} {{Infobox musical composition | name = "{{Lang|de|Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist|italic=no}}" | type = Hymn by Martin Luther | image = Enchiridion geistlicher Gesänge 39.jpg | alt = | caption = The first page in the ''Erfurt Enchiridion'', 1524 | catalogue = Zahn 294–295 | translation = Come, God Creator, Holy Ghost | language = German | text = by Martin Luther | melody = | based_on = "{{Lang|la|Veni Creator Spiritus|italic=unset}}" | published = {{Start date|1524}} | misc = thumb }}

"'''{{lang|de|Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist|italic=no}}'''" ("'''Come, God Creator, Holy Ghost'''") is a Lutheran hymn for Pentecost, with words written by Martin Luther based on the Latin "{{lang|la|Veni Creator Spiritus|italic=no}}". The hymn in seven stanzas was first published in 1524. Its hymn tunes are Zahn No.&nbsp;294, derived from the chant of the Latin hymn, and Zahn No.&nbsp;295, a later transformation of that melody.<ref name="Zahn" /> The number in the current Protestant hymnal ''Evangelisches Gesangbuch'' (EG) is 126.

Johann Sebastian Bach composed chorale preludes on the hymn as BWV 631 in the ''Orgelbüchlein'' and as BWV 667 in the ''Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes''. The hymn has been translated and has appeared with the hymn tune in several hymnals.

== History == Luther wrote the hymn for Pentecost as a paraphrase of the Latin {{lang|la|Veni Creator Spiritus|italic=no}} in his effort to establish German equivalents to the Latin parts of the liturgy. He derived the melody from the chant of the Latin hymn.<ref name="Luther" /> The hymn in seven stanzas was first published in 1524, both in the ''Erfurt Enchiridion'' and in a setting by Johann Walter in ''Eyn geystlich Gesangk Buchleyn''.<ref name="translation" /> The number in the current Protestant hymnal ''Evangelisches Gesangbuch'' (EG) is 126.

== Musical settings == thumb|400px|Beginning of BWV 631 Johann Sebastian Bach used the hymn tune Zahn 295 several times, for example setting it as the four-part chorale BWV&nbsp;370.<ref name="BWV" >BWV<sup>2a</sup> (1998), p.&nbsp;476</ref><ref>{{BDh|440|00|2019-03-11|Work|Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist BWV 370}}</ref><ref>[http://www.bach-chorales.com/BWV0370.htm BWV 370] at Luke Dahn's bach–chorales.com (2018)</ref> He also made organ settings for chorale preludes including BWV 631 from the ''Orgelbüchlein'' and BWV 667 from the ''Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes''.<ref name="Williams" /> Arnold Schönberg arranged the latter chorale for large orchestra in 1922.<ref name="UE" />

== Hymn tune and use in English hymnals ==

The hymn has been translated and has appeared to the hymn tune "Komm, Gott Schöpfer" in twelve hymnals,<ref name="translation" /><ref name="Hymnary" /> for example "Come, O Creator Spirit Blest", translated by Edward Caswall.<ref name="Hymnary" />

== References ==

<references> <ref name="Luther">{{cite web | url = http://www.luther-gesellschaft.de/assets/pdf/lieder/komm_gott_schoepfer_heiliger_geist.pdf | title = "Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist" (EG 126) | publisher = Luther-Gesellschaft | language = de | access-date = 3 May 2015 }}</ref>

<ref name="Hymnary">{{cite web | url = http://www.hymnary.org/tune/komm_gott_schopfer | title = Komm, Gott Schöpfer | website = hymnary.org | access-date = 8 May 2015 }}</ref>

<ref name="translation">{{cite web | url = http://www3.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Komm,_Gott_Sch%C3%B6pfer | title = Komm, Gott Schöpfer | work = Choral Wiki | access-date = 3 May 2015 }}</ref>

<ref name="Williams">{{citation | title = The Organ Music of J. S. Bach | first = Peter | last = Williams | edition = 2nd | date = 2003 | publisher = Cambridge University Press | isbn = 0-521-89115-9 }}</ref>

<ref name="UE">{{cite web | url = https://www.universaledition.com/johann-sebastian-bach-32/works/2-choralvorspiele-203 | title = Johann Sebastian Bach / Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist | publisher = Universal Edition | access-date = 16 June 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name="Zahn">{{cite book | last1 = Zahn | first1 = Johannes | author-link1= Johannes Zahn | date = 1889 | title = Die Melodien der deutschen evangelischen Kirchenlieder | volume = | location = Gütersloh | publisher = Bertelsmann | language = de | page = [https://archive.org/details/1508283124bsb11304498/page/n87 80] }} [https://archive.org/details/1508283124bsb11304498 Vol. I]</ref> </references>

== External links == {{Commons category|Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist}} * {{IMSLP2|work=18 Chorale Preludes, BWV 651-668 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)|cname=18 Chorale Preludes, BWV 651-668}} * [http://www.hymnology.co.uk/k/komm,-gott-schoepfer,-heiliger-geist Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist] hymnology.co.uk * Rovi Staff: [http://www.allmusic.com/composition/komm-gott-sch%C3%B6pfer-heiliger-geist-iii-chorale-prelude-for-organ-achtzehn-chor%C3%A4le-no-17-bwv-667-bc-k90-mc0002356704 Johann Sebastian Bach / Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist (III), chorale prelude for organ (Achtzehn Choräle No. 17), BWV 667 (BC K90)] AllMusic * [http://www.zentrum-verkuendigung.de/fileadmin/content/Kirchenmusik/Jahr_der_Kirchenmusik/Downloads/ML_Mai_2012_OH.pdf Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist] zentrum-verkuendigung.de * Leaver: [https://books.google.com/books?id=dD3A8cxPfJoC&pg=PA230 Luther's Liturgical Music] * Hahn: [https://books.google.com/books?id=rAVRlIP6NgAC&pg=PA71 Liederkunde zum Evangelischen Gesangbuch]

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