PRAXIS PIETATIS MELICA

Volume I/1 marks the beginning of a hymnological edition and research project entitled »Johann Crüger: PRAXIS PIETATIS MELICA. Edition and Documentation of the History of the Work.« It offers a critically edited text of the last edition of the work compiled by Johann Crüger (1598–1662) himself, the »EDITIO X.« from 1661, which, with its 550 song texts, including 90 by Paul Gerhardt (1607–1676) as the main author of the collection, and its 227 musical settings created or edited by the editor, represents the hymnbook legacy of the Berlin Nikolaikantor.
The song texts are reproduced in their original spelling. The same applies to the musical scores, i.e. the original form of the symbols and the original key signatures have been retained. The bass figures missing in the »EDITIO X« have been supplemented from other editions. Individual additional symbols provide information about the design and idiosyncrasies of the print.

This book is published in German.

The entire edition project comprises the following publications: 

Johann Crüger: PRAXIS PIETATIS MELICA. Edition und Dokumentation der Werkgeschichte.
Ed. by Hans-Otto Korth and Wolfgang Miersemann in collaboration with Maik Richter im Auftrag der Franckeschen Stiftungen. Halle 2014–2024

Volume I

Part1: Johann Crüger: PRAXIS PIETATIS MELICA. EDITIO X. (Berlin 1661). Text. Halle 2014.
504 p., € 128,00; ISBN 978-3-447-10260-5

Part 2: Johann Crüger: PRAXIS PIETATIS MELICA. EDITIO X. (Berlin 1661). Apparat. Halle 2015.
464 p., € 118,00; ISBN 978-3-447-10261-6

Part 3: Johann Habermann: Gebätbüchlein (Berlin 1661). Text und Apparat. Halle 2017.
213 p., € 78,00; ISBN 978-3-447-10262-9

Volume II

Part 1.1: PRAXIS PIETATIS MELICA. Bibliographie mit Bild- und Textdokumenten. Halle 2024.
LIV, 786 p., 324 images, € 168,00; ISBN 978-3-447-10263-6

Part 1.2: PRAXIS PIETATIS MELICA. EDITIO XXIV. Berlin 1690. Dokumentation der von Jacob Hintze herausgegebenen 392 vierstimmigen Liedsätze. Halle 2024.
XXIII, 459 p., 3 images, € 138,00; ISBN 978-3-447-12159-0

Part 2: PRAXIS PIETATIS MELICA. Tabellarische Übersicht über die Entwicklung des Liebestands. Halle 2016.
281 p., € 59,00; ISBN 978-3-447-10264-3