peace celebrations in Leipzig on 21 March 1763, for the Treaty of Hubertusburg. In the German Protestant hymnal Evangelisches Gesangbuch, it appears as EG 322. In the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob, it is GL 403 with stanzas 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 and 9. Text The text in German follows the Protestant hymnal Evangelisches Gesangbuch. Translations, which follow the rhythm rather than the literal meaning, were made by Pamela Dellal and Charles Stanford Terry. Melodies and settings When Crüger published the hymn in the 1647 edition of his hymnal Praxis pietatis melica, it was possibly without a melody. The hymn appears in the 1653 edition with a melody by Crüger and a figured bass. The melody is close to tunes from the Genevan Psalter, for Psalm 75 and Psalm 97, which also express thanks. The first two lines are connected, and the other two lines form a similar rhythmic pattern, with the climax at the beginning of the third line. In 1657/58, Crüger composed a four-part setting, using the melody and bass line. The tune is comfortable for congregational singing, and has been adopted for many other hymns. It became known as "Gräfenberg", which appears in 173 hymnals. The hymn is part of the Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch with the melody of "Lobt Gott, ihr Christen alle gleich". It is this melody that Johann Sebastian Bach set to close his cantata Dem Gerechten muß das Licht, BWV 195. In current German hymnals, the hymn appears with Crüger's melody. Hugo Distler composed a chorale cantata, No. 2 of his Op. 11. Ulrich Metzner composed Toccata sopra 'Nun danket all und bringet Ehr' in 2009. wrote an organ piece, subtitled Tanz-Toccata für Orgel, published by in 2015. Gaël Liardon wrote five chorale preludes in 2013. References External links Leipzig After Bach: Church and Concert Life in a German City Johannes Ebenbauer / Nun danket all und bringet Ehr / 2012 Carus Judith Schmitt-Helfferich: "Nun danket all und bringet Ehr" SWR Nun danket all und bringet Ehr in Paul Gerhardt as a Hymn Writer and his Influence on English Hymnody, ccel.org 17th-century hymns in German Hymn tunes Lutheran hymns Hymns by Paul Gerhardt