Winkworth, Catherine (1827-1878)

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Chorale Book for England

Description: Combines Catherine Winkworth's "faithful and sensitive" hymn translations with authentic chorale tunes, arranged for use in the Church of England.

Christian Singers of Germany

Description: A "charming biographical work" featuring more translations of German poetry and hymnody: "admirable art applied to the management of complex and difficult versification." [Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology]

Cumulative Indexes to the Hymn Translations of Catherine Winkworth (Author)

Description: Indexes automatically generated from the works of Catherine Winkworth available in ThML at CCEL.

History and Life of the Reverend Doctor John Tauler with Twenty-Five of his Sermons

Description: John Tauler was a German Dominican mystic living in the 14th century. He is known as one of the Friends of God, an informal group of Catholic mystics who strove to deepen both their communal relationship as well as their inner spirituality. Tauler was a leader of this group. His sermons demonstrated his mastery of combining the mystical with the concrete, the spiritual with the practical. 25 of his sermons are included in this volume. He also taught that each human has a desire for God which is satisfied through detachment from earthly things. Also in this volume is a biography of Tauler, which allows readers to gain better insight into this ancient religious man's life and work.

Abby Zwart
CCEL Staff Writer

Lyra Germanica: Second Series: The Christian Life (Author)

Description: Winkworth's translations are "invariably faithful, and for the most part both terse and delicate;" (Martineau) "the most widely used of any from that language, and have had more to do with the modern revival of the English use of German hymns than the versions of any other writer." [Julian's Dictionary of Hymnology]

Lyra Germanica: The Christian Year (Author)

Description: Winkworth's translations are "invariably faithful, and for the most part both terse and delicate;" (Martineau) "the most widely used of any from that language, and have had more to do with the modern revival of the English use of German hymns than the versions of any other writer." [Julian's Dictionary of Hymnology]