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Make songs of joy to Christ, our head

Author: Jiří Tranovský; Jaroslav J. Vajda Appears in 3 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project

Meter: 8.4.8.4 Appears in 4 hymnals Hymnal Title: Lutheran Service Book Tune Sources: Velká Partitúra, 1936, ed. Juraj Chorvát Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 13455 67171 25555 Used With Text: Make Songs of Joy

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Make Songs of Joy

Author: Jaroslav J. Vajda, 1919-2008; Jiri Tranovsky, 1591-1637 Hymnal: Lutheran Book of Worship #150 (1978) Meter: 8.4.8.4 Hymnal Title: Lutheran Book of Worship First Line: Make songs of joy to Christ, our head Topics: Easter; Easter Languages: English Tune Title: ZPIVEJMEŽ VŠICKI VESELE

Make Songs of Joy

Author: Juraj Tranovský, 1591-1637; Jaroslav J. Vajda, b. 1919 Hymnal: Lutheran Service Book #484 (2006) Meter: 8.4.8.4 Hymnal Title: Lutheran Service Book First Line: Make songs of joy to Christ, our head Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:55-57 Languages: English Tune Title: ZPIVEJMEŽ VŠICKNI VESELE

Make Songs of Joy

Author: Jaroslav J. Vajda, b. 1919; Jiři Tranovský, 1591-1637 Hymnal: Lutheran Worship #132 (1982) Meter: 8.4.8.4 Hymnal Title: Lutheran Worship First Line: Make songs of joy to Christ, our head Topics: Easter Languages: English Tune Title: ZPIVEJMEŽ VŠICKNI VESELE

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Jaroslav J. Vajda

1919 - 2008 Person Name: Jaroslav J. Vajda, 1919-2008 Hymnal Title: Lutheran Book of Worship Translator of "Make Songs of Joy" in Lutheran Book of Worship Jaroslav J. Vajda (b. Lorain, Ohio, 1919; d. 2008) Born of Czechoslovakian parents, Vajda was educated at Concordia College in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Concordia Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. Ordained as a Lutheran pastor in 1944, he served congregations in Pennsylvania and Indiana until 1963. He was editor of the periodicals The Lutheran Beacon (1959-1963) and This Day (1963-1971) and book editor and developer for Concordia Publishing House in St. Louis from 1971 until his retirement in 1986. Working mainly with hymn texts, Vajda served on several Lutheran commissions of worship. A writer of original poetry since his teens, he was the author of They Followed the King (1965) and Follow the King (1977). His translations from Slovak include Bloody Sonnets (1950), Slovak Christmas (1960), An Anthology of Slovak Literature (1977), and contributions to the Lutheran Worship Supplement (1969) and the Lutheran Book of Worship (1978). A collection of his hymn texts, carols, and hymn translations was issued as Now the Joyful Celebration (1987); its sequel is So Much to Sing About (1991). Vajda's hymns are included in many modern hymnals, and he was honored as a Fellow of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada in 1988. Bert Polman

Jiří Tranovský

1591 - 1637 Person Name: Jiri Tranovsky, 1591-1637 Hymnal Title: Lutheran Book of Worship Author of "Make Songs of Joy" in Lutheran Book of Worship Jiří Třanovský (Polish: Jerzy Trzanowski, Slovak: Juraj Tranovský, Latin: Georgius Tranoscius) (9 April 1592, Teschen, Silesia – 29 May 1637, Liptovský Sv. Mikuláš, Upper Hungary), was a hymnwriter from the Cieszyn Silesia. He was sometimes called the father of Slovak hymnody and the "Luther of the Slavs." His name is sometimes anglicized to George. Třanovský was born in Teschen, and studied at Guben and Kolberg. In 1607, he was admitted to the University of Wittenberg where Martin Luther had taught less than a century earlier. He traveled in Bohemia and Silesia in 1612 and became a teacher at St. Nicholas Gymnasium in Prague. Later, he became rector of a school in Holešov, Moravia. In 1616 he was ordained a priest in Meziříčí and served as a pastor for four years. The persecution of Lutherans in Bohemia under Ferdinand II forced him into exile. After an imprisonment in 1623 and the death of two children from plague the following year, Třanovský received a call to be pastor to a church in Bielitz, Teschen Silesia. He also became personal chaplain to Count Kasper Illehazy in 1627. Třanovský was a lover of poetry and hymns. He issued several collections of hymns, the first being the Latin Odarum Sacrarum sive Hymnorum Libri III in 1629, but his most important and most famous word was Cithara Sanctorum (Lyre of the Saints), written in Czech, which appeared in 1636 in Levoča. This latter volume has formed the basis of Czech and Slovak Lutheran hymnody to the present day. In addition to hymn collections, Třanovský translated the Augsburg Confession in 1620 into Czech. These two latter works together with Bible of Kralice are the pillars that supported the Slovak reformation. From 1631 until 1637, Třanovský was pastor at a church in Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš in present-day Slovakia. He died on 29 May that year and was buried in an unmarked grave at his church. He was forty-six. Třanovský is commemorated on 29 May in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. --www.en.wikipedia.org