Meter: 8.5. 8.4. 7.7.
Source: Johann Walter, Geystliche gesangk Buchleyn, Wittenberg, 1524
Proper Text: In Peace and Joy I Now Depart (Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin)
Available Recordings
- Johann Walter’s setting from his Geystliche gesangk Buchleyn, Wittenberg, 1524, performed by the Favorit-und-Capell-Chor Leipzig, on the album Viue Luthere: Musik der Reformation, Track 1 (iTunes • AmazonMP3).
- Sethus Calvisius’s setting, performed by the Vocalconsort Leipzig on the album Freut euch und jubilieret!, track 4 (iTunes • AmazonMP3)
- Michael Praetorius’s setting from his Musae Siniae, Vol. 8, 1608, performed by The Schütz Academy on the album Heinrich Schütz: Musikalische Exequien, Track 5 (iTunes • AmazonMP3)