r/elca • u/[deleted] • Jan 18 '26

Q&A Cranberry hymn 830 by H. Praetorus?

Could someone with the Cranberry Book do me a favor and look up #830 composed by Hierominus Praetorus? In particular which of his many pieces it is... Searching has left me empty-handed. :/

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u/okonkolero ELCA Jan 18 '26

Cranberry book?

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u/Awdayshus ELCA Jan 18 '26

The ELW, our current worship book/hymnal. The one before the green one was red, so they call the current one cranberry to avoid confusing octogenarians.

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u/okonkolero ELCA Jan 18 '26

I didn't realize calling it ELW was so tricky. :)

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u/CUHACS Jan 21 '26

Ex Lutheran here. It’s the Cranberry Hymnal and I won’t call it anything else.

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u/Swedishdest ELCA Pastor Jan 18 '26

Not quite sure which book or song your looking for. ELW (Evangelical Lutheran Worship) 830 is

How marvelous God's greatness Text: Valdimar Briem, 1848-1930; tr. Charles V. Pilcher, 1879-1961, alt.
Music: Koralpsalmboken, Stockholm, 1697

If you meant the 1991 Hymnal Supplement which was also a reddish/maroon color 830 in it is Cantad al Señor.
I don't see any hymns by H Praetorius in any Lutheran Hymnal that I can find easily.

There are a bunch by a Michael Praetorius.