Equally well-versed in theology and music, Lucas Osiander initiated the first Württemberg hymnal of 1583 and set to music the main body of Reformation hymnody as a Cantional (collection of songs) in 1586 to give the lay community the opportunity to join in figural music (a type of polyphonic singing). The text of the Lutheran hymn, Gott Vater, Herr, wir danken dir (Evangelisches Gesangbuch, Württemberg Regional Edition, Nr. 557) probably originated from Osiander.
Lucas Osiander's Bible commentary was incorporated into the so-called Osiander Bible, a plain-text Bible based on Martin Luther's translation, which was published by the Stern Press in Lüneburg from 1650.
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