April 8th, 2026
Ahagle taggale Gûdib iglunga
English Title
I the Lord have called thee
German Title
Siehe da, eine Hütte Gottes bei den Menschen
Composer
Reissiger, Carl Gottlieb (1773 – 1829)
Instrumentation
SATB//CorI-II//Str 4tet//Organ
Tempo/Metre/Key/Duration
Moderato; 3/4; DM; 149 mm
Liturgy
Illaget Uvlosiorvengane/Church Anniversary Festival Day (February 19) in Nain
December 26th in Hopedale
Composition Date and Location
13 May 1842 in Niesky
Text:
Source
Revelation 21:3
Inuktitut
Ahagle taggale Gûdib
Gûdib iglunga innungne iglomiukattiginiarpailo
Innukottiginiarlugid nangminerlo Gude
Gudiginiarpat nangminek Gûdib iglomiukattiginiarpait
Collections
Nain
S:4/A:2 /T:2/B:3 //CorI:1/CorII:1//Vn1:1/Vn1:1/Va:1/Vc:1//O[GB40-43+110-113]:2 3 hands(All materials in one hand except one set of S+B and second organ part). The organ part in the Green Organ book on pp 40-43 is headed “Organo” with Inuktitut title after in right corner and composer’s name (Reissiger) added directly beneath in a later hand and ink. Tempo indication (Moderato) is in upper left. In a careful hand. Note the indication of pedal for the organ at m. 8. This is an organ score only with no text, but cues for voice entries. From p. 42 the pages are number backwards to the end in pencil below the system. Few other notations.
Hopedale
S:3/A:1/T:1/B:2//CorII:1//Vn1:2/Vn2:1/Va:1/Vc:1//O:1
1 hand (All materials in same hand as Nain mss. Little evidence of use except Bass parts.)
Listed as #85 in the 1903 Hopedale Catalogue
Makkovik
S:2/A:2/T:1/B:2//CorI:1/CorII:1//Vn1:1/Vn2:1/Va:1/Vc:1//O:1
2 hands (All materials in same hand as Nain mss., except organ part which is on heavy vellum watermarked “Zoonen” and in a different hand.)
Contemporary Transcription
Date: 3 February 2023
Editor: Tom Gordon
Other Locations
Unitätsarchiv, Herrnhut, DE: H25:4; P1.336; K236:4; G321.2; C239.1; B441.3; E65.5; C435.6; C393.1; C393.1(14); H25.4; K100.10(29)
Salem Congregation, NC: 403.2; 403.2a
Lititz Congregation, PA: 238