#759 - O Du Frohliche, O Du Selige

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• Composer:
  • Tattersall's Psalmody, 1794
• Also known as:
  • Lord, Dismiss us with Thy Blessing
  • Sicilian Mariners' Hymn
  • Sicily
  • O Du Fröh­liche
  • O How Joyfully
  • O Sanctissima, O Piissima
  • O Thou Joyful, O Thou Wonderful
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• Incipit: 5654345654355678765
• Condensed Incipit: 565434565435678765
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• Lyrics:
  O du fröhliche, o du selige,
  gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit!
  Welt ging verloren, Christ ist geboren;
  freue, freue dich o Christenheit!
  
  O du fröhliche, o du selige,
  gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit!
  Himmlische Heere jauchzen dir Ehre,
  freue, freue dich, o Christenheit!
  
  O du fröhliche, o du selige,
  gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit!
  Christ ist erschienen, uns zu versühnen;
  freue, freue dich, o Christenheit!
  
  
  • Johannes Daniel Falk (1768-1826), 1816
• Lyrics:
  O thou joyful, O thou wonderful
  Grace revealing Christmastide!
  Jesus came to win us
  From all sin within us;
  Glorify, glorify the Holy Child!
  
  O thou joyful, O thou wonderful
  Love revealing Christmastide!
  Loud hosannas singing,
  And all praises bringing,
  May Thy love, may Thy love with us abide.
  
  O thou joyful, O thou wonderful
  Peace revealing Christmastide!
  Darkness disappeareth,
  God’s own light now neareth,
  Peace and joy, peace and joy to all betide.
  
  
  • trans. Henry Katterjohn (1869-1931), 1919
• See also:
  • #11 - Sicilian Hymn
  • #661 - Sicily

#11 - Sicilian Hymn, #661 - Sicily and #759 - O Du Frohliche, O Du Selige are the same melody, although the accompaniment differs significantly.