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{{short description|Christian offertory hymn}}
{{Infobox musical composition
| name                = "{{lang|de|Alle Menschen höret auf dies neue Lied|italic=no}}"
| type                = Christian [[hymn]]
| image               =
| image_upright       =
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| caption             =
| translation         = All people, listen to this new song
| text                = by Sigisbert Kraft, translating from Dutch
| language            = German
| based_on            =
| written             = {{Start date|1972}}
| melody              = by Wim ter Burg
| composed            =
| meter               = 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5
| published           = {{Start date|1975}}
}}
"'''{{lang|de|Alle Menschen höret auf dies neue Lied|italic=no}}'''" (All people, listen to this new song) is a Christian [[offertory hymn]] with German text, translated in 1972 by Sigisbert Kraft from a 1966 Dutch hymn by Simon Jelsma with a melody by Wim ter Burg. It appeared from 1975 in German hymnals and song books.
== History ==
{{ill|Sigisbert Kraft|de}} was a priest and later bishop of the [[Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany|Old Catholics in Germany]]. He translated in 1972<ref name="Gotteslob" /> a Dutch song that {{ill|Simon Jelsma|nl}} had written in 1966.<ref name="Lugmaier" /> The Dutch song came with a melody written by {{ill|Wim ter Burg|nl}}.<ref name="Lugmaier" /> The hymn was included in regional sections of the first common German Catholic hymnal [[Gotteslob (1975)|''Gotteslob'' of 1975]], such as GL 928 in the [[Diocese of Limburg]], and its [[Gotteslob|2013 edition]], such as GL 717 in the [[Diocese of St. Pölten]]<ref name="Lugmaier" /> and GL 730 in Limburg.<ref name="Gotteslob" /> It is also part of other songbooks, including ecumenical collections and books for children and young people.<ref name="Evangelium" />
== Text, theme and melody ==
The text, in five stanzas of eight short lines each, addresses all people, first to listen. In the second stanza, a meal together is described, breaking bread, with full glasses of wine and candles lit. The following stanzas expand reflections of being open for God's presence in the Eucharist. The final stanza summarises that he is with all, a hope for the blind, lame and deaf, and healing needs such as loneliness.<ref name="Lugmaier" />
The melody was composed by Wim ter Burg in 1966.<ref name="Gotteslob" /> It is simple, with lines 1, 2 and 4 the same, and an even flow throughout. The third line reaches the climax of the melody.<ref name="Lugmaier" />
== Usage ==
The song is recommended as an [[offertory hymn]] for each Eucharist, but especially on [[Maundy Thursday]], [[Corpus Christi (festival)|Corpus Christi]]<ref name="Lugmaier" /> [[first communion]] and [[Confirmation in the Catholic Church|confirmation]].<ref name="Trier" />
== References ==
{{reflist
| refs =
<ref name="Lugmaier">{{cite web
| last = Lugmaier
| first = Michaela E.
| url = https://gotteslob.dsp.at/sites/www.dsp.at/files/u195/092015.pdf
| title = "Alle Menschen höret auf dies neue Lied ..." (GL 717)
| publisher = [[Diocese of St. Pölten]]
| date = September 2015
| language = de
| access-date = 30 June 2021
}}</ref>
<ref name="Evangelium">{{cite web
| url = https://www.evangeliums.net/lieder/lied_alle_menschen_hoeret_auf_dies_neue_lied.html
| title = Alle Menschen, höret
| website = evangeliums.net
| language = de
| access-date = 30 June 2021
}}</ref>
<ref name="Gotteslob">{{cite book
| chapter = Alle Menschen höret auf dies neue Lied
| title = [[Gotteslob]]
| date = 2013
| language = de
}}</ref>
<ref name="Trier">{{cite web
| url = https://www.bistum-trier.de/fileadmin/user_upload/docs/liedvorschlage-firmungsgottesdienste.pdf
| title = Liedvorschläe Firmgottesdienst
| publisher = [[Diocese of Trier]]
| language = de
| access-date = 6 July 2021
}}</ref>
}}
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[[Category:20th-century hymns in German]]
[[Category:1972 songs]]