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The 1657 print uses "der finstren Nacht". I am curious as to how the change to "finstern" came about. The grammatical spelling is "finsteren" and the abbreviated forms are likely dialect related or were chosen to fit the melody. Jmar67 (talk) 08:04, 4 February 2020 (UTC)Reply
In German, they really work the same way, poets have a lot of freedom to skip letters for the metre's sake, and "finstern" might just be a bit more singable. I didn't even notice, - thank you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:09, 6 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
today, - but we look at history also. It was in German Protestant hymnals, but no more, not for denomination reason, but style. Swiss Protestant hymnal today, - they also speak kind of German ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:39, 7 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
this in a nutshell: for the Protestants, he was too liberal regarding inspiration besides the Bible, for the Catholics, he was too Protestant. Reception was first Protestant only, became Catholic over a long time. I think Christian is not bad. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:07, 6 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
