GSS 109 Heil uns! ein neues Jahr ist heut (PUBLIC DOMAIN 1866 score used)

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German title; Heil uns! ein neues Jahr ist heut
English translation; Hail us! a new year is today


Titles with;

"GSS" are from the 1866 German book "Gesange fur Sonntag-Schulen" (Song book for Sunday School)

"JKS" are from the 1936 Slovak book "JKS" "Jednotny Katholicky Spevnik" (translated roughly to English it is the "Uniform Catholic songbook" ) by Spolok Vojtecha, 565 pages.
Martinus books in Slovakia; https://www.martinus.sk/?uItem=311200 it is ISBN 9788071629092 and cost me just a little over $102

"SZVU" are out of the Hungarian book (Szent vagy, urami!)
ISBN# 963-360-361-7 Harmat Artur and Sik Sandor, Budapest
Purchased used from Antikvarius books in Hungary

"EE" in them are from them book Eneklo Egyhaz, purchased new from a bookstore in Budapest Hungary Oct/2020 for about 76 Euros.

"SKS" are from the 1918 book "Slovensky Kalvinsky Spevnik"
https://archive.org/details/slovenskykalvi00slov/page/n6/mode/1up

I rarely use pedals unless I know the piece real well and can add the pedal line.
I use the iQ6 Zoom dual mic plugged into an iPhone for recordings done after about 2019

Specifications of the organ;

Swell:
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Violin Diapason
4' Flute Triangulare (From 1957 Moller, Opus 9122 Carlisle PA) Extended to 8' with St Diapason 1-12 from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932
8' Salicional from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932

Great:
8' Open Diapason
8' Doppleflute (Uses Melodia bass 1-12) (from 1927 Kilgen)
8' Melodia
4' Octave (from 1927 Kilgen)
8' Dulciana (from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932)

Pedal:
16' Bourdon 44 pipes (#1 scale from 1934 Reuter)
Usual couplers 4',16' Gt-Sw , Gt-Ped, Sw-Ped

To be added;

2nd Open Diapason 1-61, (from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932 winded by Kinetic blower)
8' Stopped Diapason 1-61 (from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932 likely to be used as a 4' flute traverso.)

Slide shows of the organ rebuild from Dec 2015 to Around Sept 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE_eIOKJMoA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6vY5K5DVzM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYYOxcd6Z6A

Frantisek Beer kindly provided this "index" of the JKS book contents in English;

JKS 1-33: Advent
JKS 34-113: Christmas, including songs at the end of the year (JKS 102-108) and songs about Biblical Magi and the baptism of Christ (JKS 109-113).
JKS 114-120: Songs about Jesus.
JKS 121-191: Lent
JKS 192-226: Easter, including songs for Ascension of Jesus Christ (JKS 213-215), songs about Holy Spirit (216-219), songs about Trinity (JKS 220-222) and songs for Feast of Corpus Christi (JKS 223-226).
JKS 227-235: Songs about Sacred Heart of Jesus.
JKS 236-259: General mass songs during the year.
JKS 260-327: Eucharistic songs and Litany.
JKS 328-416: Songs about the Virgin Mary.
JKS 417-459: Songs about various saints.
JKS 460-478: Songs for Mass of the dead.
JKS 479-526: Songs for different occasions.