Volume 1/2 presents the second half of the »Geistreiches Gesangbuch« in the 4th edition of 1708 (first edition Halle 1704). Alongside the 362 hymn texts in verse form and 101 transcribed hymn settings, the volume contains the three indexes to the hymnbook and the recently rediscovered 100 »Melodies« appended to the 4th edition of 1708.