Spreading the Gospel in Vernacular Languages: Lutheran Hymn Translation, Composition and Circulation in Eritrea and Ethiopia
by Marianne Nilsson
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[work in progress]
Hymnbooks
Indoeuropean Source texts
(Amharic sources and hymnbooks at the end of this page)
Swedish
- [p. 3] View Den svenska psalmboken
- [p. 3] View Pilgrims-Sånger [Songs of the pilgrim]. (Google Books)
- [p. 3] View Sånger till lammets lof [Songs to the glory of the Lamb; i.e., Sankey’s songs] (Google Books)
- [p. 6] View Sionstoner (1905)
- [p. –] View Sions sånger (1810)
No scans available yet:
- [p. 3] Sångbok för Söndagsskolan [View article on Swedish Wikipedia]
- [p. 6] Kom [‘Come’] [View article on the Swedish Wikipedia]
Italian
No scan available yet:
- [p. 6] Innario Cristiano [Christian Hymnbook]
(a cura «delle Chiese d’Italia che parteciparono al Congresso Evangelico Nazionale, tenuto a Roma nel 1920», Roma, 1922)
English
- [p. 19] View Hymnal: According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church (of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. 1875 (Google Books)
- [p. xx] View Sankey, Ira D. Sacred Songs and Solos. (Google Books)
No scan available yet:
- [p. 22] American Mission Melody Book [Bibliographic details?]
Oromo
- [p. 2] View Faarsaa fi Weeduu [ፋርሳፍ ዌዴ, Hymns and songs]. 1886.
- [p. 5] View Galata Waaqayyoo Gooftaa Machaa [ገለተ ዋቀዮ ጎፍታ መጫ, Praise God, Lord of hosts]. 1935.
- [p. 6; 8] View Sagalee Lubbuu Galata Waaqayyoof [ሰገሌ ሉቡ ገለተ ዋቀዮፍ], Words from the soul to praise God]. 1970.
- [p. —] View Macaafa Faarfannaa: Galata Waaqayyo [Hymn book: Praise God]. Edited by the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. Addis Ababa: Bole Printing Enterprise, 1998.
- [p. xx] Galata Waaqayyoo [Praise God]. Melody book. 1980. [Digital edition: 2024]
No scans available yet:
- [p. 8] Macaafa Faarsa [መጫፋ ፋርሳ, Hymn book].
- [p. 9] Galata Waaqayyoo [ገለተ ዋቀዮ. Praise God]. 1976.
Tigre
- [p. 12] Därus Ṣəyon [ደሩስ ጽዮን, The songs of Zion]. 1902.
Tigrinya
- [p. –] View Mäzmur əmnät [Songs of Faith]. ?? [Eritrea], 2004/05 (1997 AM)
- [p. 14] Mäzmur sälam [መዝሙር ሰላም, Songs of Peace]. 1920.
No scan available yet:
- [p. xx] Mäzmur sälam. Music edition. 1985
Kunama
- [p. 19] Kunama aurabu kolattama [Songbook written in Kunama language]. 1961
No scan available yet:
- [p. 19] Anana Kitaba [Songbook].
Amharic
- [p. 1] View Yägubaʼe mäzmurat [የጉባኤ መዝሙራት, Congregational hymns]
» View 1st edition (with musical notations, 1881)
» View 2nd edition (1887)
- [p. 21] Səbhat läʼamlak [ስብሐት ለአምላክ, Praise to God]. 1925ff
» View 1925 edition
» View 1935 edition
(= Yäbetä kərəstiyan mäzmurat ?)
» View 1951 edition
- [p. 21] View Səbhat läʼamlak. vol. 2. (Trial) melody edition. 1986
- [p. xx] View Səbhat läʼamlak. 1997 edition.
- [p. xx] View Səbhat läʼamlak. vol. 2. 1994/95 edition.
- [p. xx] View Səbhat läʼamlak. vol. 1. 2006/07 edition
- [p. xx] View Səbhat läʼamlak. Fully revised (trial) edition with musical notations. 2019.
- [p. 22] View Mäzmurä bǝrhan [መዝሙረ ብርሃን, Songs of light]. 1955/56.
- [p. 25] View Mǝrt mäzmurat [ምርጥ መዝሙራት, Selected songs]. 6 vols. With musical notations. 1975ff.
No scans available yet:
- [p. 2x ] Səbhat läʼamlak. 1972/73 edition.
- [p. 27] Mänfäsawi zəmare [መንፈሳዊ ዝማሬ, Spiritual songs]
Profiles of gospel musicians
- [p. 7] Rev. Lammeessa Bato
- [p. 9] Rev. Chaalii Fufa [spelling …] = Caalii Fufaa
- [p. 14] Tzeggai Gebreselassie (Tigrinya music edition)
- [p. 22] Rev. Badima Yalew (vignette only)
- [p. x] Abeba Kiflegzy (vignette only)
For further study
Krabill on “Six stages of music development
in many Sub-Saharan faith communities”
» Read Krabill, James R. (2014).
“Culturally Appropriate Worship: Lessons Learned from
Mission History in Africa,” Mission Frontiers 36 (5): 13-15.
[Online version]
Morehouse on Functions of Western Hymns and Indigenous Songs
» Read Morehouse, Katherine H. (2017).
” ‘They’re Playing Our Song’: Functions of Western Hymns and Indigenous Songs in the History of the Non-Western Church,
with a Case Study of the Maninka People in Kankan, Guinea”,
Global Forum on Arts and Christian Faith 5: A18-A47
[Online version]
Audio
» Listen to secular songs using classical Ethiopian ‘scales’
(Tizita, Bati, Anchi Hoye, Ambasel)