Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets
2 editions of this piece
Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
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Es ist das Heil uns kommen her by Hugo Distler — Lyrics
About Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
Hugo Distler was a significant composer of sacred music in 20th-century Germany, known for his neo-Baroque style. This motet, Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, is for three-part women's voices (SAA) in German. The text is a chorale setting that emphasizes salvation through grace and faith in Jesus Christ, rather than good works. It describes how the law, while revealing our sin, cannot save us, and that only Christ's sacrifice and our faith in him provide redemption. Distler's setting would likely reflect the text's theological gravity with clear, contrapuntal lines appropriate for a motet.