by Martin Luther (1483 - 1546)
Weihnachten
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: FRE
Frohlocket, ihr Völker auf Erden und preiset Gott! Der Heiland ist erschienen, den der Herr verheißen. Er hat seine Gerechtigkeit der Welt offenbaret, Halleluja! Frohlocket, ihr Völker auf Erden, Halleluja!
Text Authorship:
- by Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Weihnachten", op. posth. 79 no. 1 (1843-46) [ SSAATTBB chorus ], from Sechs Sprüche (Six Motets), no. 1, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Jauchzet den Herrn, alle Welt", op. 69 (Drei Motetten für Chor und Solostimmen) no. 2 [ SATB chorus ]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Noël", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-10
Line count: 5
Word count: 30