Be Still My Soul
by Lynn Hopwood
Title
Be Still My Soul
Artist
Lynn Hopwood
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Photograph - Text Art
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The hymn most Americans know as Be Still My Soul took multiple contributors and multiple centuries to become what we know today. Katharina Von Schlegel wrote the text in 1752 in her native language of German. Just over 100 years later in 1855 Jane Borthwick translated the hymn into the English version so well known today. The tune most commonly used to sing this lyric is Finlandia written by Jean Sibelius between 1899-1900. Roughly 150 years, three authors from three different countries and three languages later, and we have one of the world's most beloved hymns.
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September 15th, 2023
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