Leise

__NOTOC__ The Leise or Leis (plural Leisen; from the Greek kyrie eleison) is a genre of vernacular medieval church song. They appear to have originated in the German-speaking regions, but are also

German#

The Evangelisches Gesangbuch (EG, the German-language Protestant hymnal used in Germany, Austria, Alsace, Lorraine, and Luxembourg) and the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob (GL, used in Germany, Austria, and South Tyrol) include the following leisen: * “Sei uns willkommen, Herre Christ” (EG 22), revised from the original * “Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ” (EG 23, GL 252), first stanza 1380, expanded by Luther to the Christmas sequence Grates nunc omnes * “Du Kind, zu dieser heilgen Zeit” (EG 50, GL 254), a modern Christmas leise by Jochen Klepper (1937) * “Ehre sei dir, Christe” (EG 75) * “Holz auf Jesu Schulter” (EG 97, GL 291), a modern Easter leise (Dutch 1963, German 1975) * “Christ ist erstanden” (EG 99, GL 318), expanded by Luther to the Easter sequence Victimae Paschali Laudes * “Jesus Christus, unser Heiland” (EG 102) * “Christ fuhr gen Himmel” (EG 120, GL 319), expanded by Luther * “Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist” (EG 124, GL 348), adapted by Luther (the GL version has stanzas by Maria Luise Thurmair and Michael Vehe) * “Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet” (EG 214, GL 215), accompanying the Corpus Christi sequence Lauda Sion * “Herr Jesu Christe, mein getreuer Hirte” (EG 217), by Johann Heermann (1630) * "" (EG 231), by Luther * “In Gottes Namen fahren wir” (EG 498), pilgrim song * “Mitten wir im Leben sind” (EG 518, GL 503), by Luther * “Maria durch ein Dornwald ging” (GL 224) * “Meine engen Grenzen” (GL 437; EG-West/Reformed Church 600; EG-Hesse 584; EG-Württemberg 589; EG-Austria 574) * “Sonne der Gerechtigkeit” (GL 481; EG 262/263)

Swedish#

"" (1695 Swedish hymnal, 336; 1996 Lutheran hymnal, 968), translation of In Gottes Namen fahren wir; in 1736 Lars Högmarck attributed the original to Nikolaus Herman and the translation to .