Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot the chorale, a chorale prelude BWV 678 and a fughetta, BWV 679. Books Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot "Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot" (These are the holy Ten Commandments) is a hymn by the Protestant reformer Martin Luther based on the Ten Commandments. It appeared first in 1524 in the "Erfurt Enchiridion". The reformer Martin Luther wrote the hymn in twelve stanzas of four lines each as a catechetical setting of the Ten Commandments. The commandments were used for confession and for instructions. After an introduction, stanzas 2 to 10 are related to the ten commandments; 11 and
Friedrich Christian Diez Friedrich Christian Diez Friedrich Christian Diez (15 March 179429 May 1876) was a German philologist. The two works on which his fame rests are the "Grammar of the Romance Languages" (published 1836-1844), and the "Etymological Dictionary of the Romance Languages" (1853, and later editions). He spent most of his career at University of Bonn. Diez was born at Giessen, in Hessen-Darmstadt. He was educated first at the gymnasium and then at the university of his native town and Göttingen. There he studied classics under Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker who had just returned from a two years' residence in Italy to fill