The Journey of the Spiritual Song Pozdvihni se, duše, z prachu [Raise, Thou Soul, Thyself from the Dust] from a Printed Broadside to a Hymn Book

Pages	58–64
DOI	10.1515/amnpsc-2017-0007
Keywords	spiritual song – printed broadside – prayer book – hymn book – hymnal – Boleslav Jablonský
Type of Article	Peer-reviewed
Citation	BĚHALOVÁ, Štěpánka. The Journey of the Spiritual Song Pozdvihni se, duše, z prachu [Raise, Thou Soul, Thyself from the Dust] from a Printed Broadside to a Hymn Book. Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae – Historia litterarum. Prague: National Museum, 2017, 62(1-2), 58–64. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/amnpsc-2017-0007. ISSN 2570-6861 (Print), 2570-687X (Online). Also available from: https://www.nm.cz/en/periodicals/amnphl/62-1-2/the-journey-of-the-spiritual-song-pozdvihni-se-duse-z-prachu-raise-thou-soul-thyself-from-the-dust-from-a-printed-broadside-to-a-hymn-book

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The article deals with the publication of the song for the Holy Mass with the incipit Pozdvihni se duše z prachu [Raise, Thou Soul, Thyself from the Dust] in the 19th century. The author of the text of this song is the Premonstratensian Eugen Karel Tupý, also known under the pseudonym Boleslav Jablonský. This song for the Holy Mass is included in the current unified hymn book in the section of the Ordinary and common chants of the Mass as number 517. In the 19th century, the song was published in several types of printed media. Its earliest extant edition is a broadside from 1845, which was followed by similar editions from 1849 and 1850, 1854, 1855, 1859 and another two undated. In 1852, the author himself included it in the second edition of the prayer book Růže sionská [The Rose of Zion], although it is not part of the first edition from 1845. In the same year, the song was included in the hymn book Písně ke mši svaté pro školní mládež [Songs for the Holy Mass for School Children] and three years later in a hymn book from the same printing house Písně ke mši svaté, k úžitku osady Hostounské a Únětické [Songs for the Holy Mass to Be Used in the Settlements of Hostouň and Únětice] and in 1860 in the Zpěvník pro chrám, školu i dům [The Hymnal for Church, School and Home]. At that time, it also appeared in the contemporary Perla pravých křesťanů [A Pearl of True Christians], compiled by František Křenek and published in 1860, as well as in the prayer book Květinná malá zahrádka [A Small Flower Garden], published in the printing house of Alois Josef Landfras and his son in Jindřichův Hradec around 1860. The song was also included in Písně a modlitby pro studující katolickou mládež [Songs and Prayers for Young Catholic Students] by Blahorod Čáp, who had the collection printed in Litomyšl in 1869. The penetration of the text of the song by a renowned poet and writer from broadsides to hymnals and prayer books provides interesting and rare evidence of the journey of an artificial song to the unified hymn book.

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