Nun danket all und bringet Ehr

"Nun danket all und bringet Ehr"
German Lutheran hymn
Plaque at the Nikolaikirche, Berlin
English	Now thank all and bring honour
Text	by Paul Gerhardt
Language	German
Melody	by Johann Crüger
Composed	1653 (1653)
Published	1647 (1647)
Tune EG 322ⓘ

"Nun danket all und bringet Ehr" (Now thank all and bring honour)^[1] is a German Lutheran hymn in nine stanzas, with a text written by Paul Gerhardt. It was first published in 1647, in Johann Crüger's Praxis pietatis melica which was the first publication of hymns by Gerhardt. In the 1653 edition, Crüger added a melody that he composed. As a general song of thanks, the song has appeared in several hymnals, including the German Protestant hymnal Evangelisches Gesangbuch and the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob. It has inspired musical settings by composers from the 17th to the 21st century. Johann Sebastian Bach used the first stanza in a cantata, however with the melody of "Lobt Gott, ihr Christen alle gleich", Hugo Distler composed a chorale cantata, and Günter Berger based a toccata for organ on it.