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{{Short description|Catholic hymn for Easter}}
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| Title_English = Now be joyful, you Christendom
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"'''{{lang|de|Nun freue dich, du Christenheit|italic=no}}'''" (Now be joyful, you Christendom) is a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[hymn]] for [[Easter]]. Going back to 1390, it appeared first in the Catholic hymnal ''[[Gotteslob (1975)|Gotteslob of 1975]]'', later in several regional sections of the ''[[Gotteslob]]''.
"'''{{lang|de|Nun freue dich, du Christenheit|italic=no}}'''" (Now be joyful, you Christendom) is a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[hymn]] for [[Easter]]. It goes back to a 1390 hymn, which later appeared as "'''Freu dich, du werte Christenheit'''". The final version appeared first in the Catholic hymnal ''[[Gotteslob (1975)|Gotteslob of 1975]]'', later in several regional sections of the ''[[Gotteslob]]''.


== History ==
== History ==
The current hymn goes back to around 1390, when a ''Ein Mainzer Prozessionale'' (A Mainz processional]], meaning a book of [[processional hymn]]s) has a chant with the [[incipit]] "Disse oisterliche dage" (These Easter days). The five stanzas appear as verses of the Marian antiphon "[[Regina Coeli|Regina celi letare]]". A Breslau manuscript from 1478 lists three stanzas which are related to three stanzas of the Mainz source (1,2,5) but in reverse order, now beginning "Frew dich, alle Christenheit" (Be joyful, all Christendom).<ref name="Albert-Zerlik" />
The current hymn goes back to around 1390, when a ''Ein Mainzer Prozessionale'' (A Mainz processional, meaning a book of [[processional hymn]]s) has a chant with the [[incipit]] "Disse oisterliche dage" (These Easter days). The five stanzas appear as verses of the Marian antiphon "[[Regina Coeli|Regina celi letare]]". A Breslau manuscript from 1478 lists three stanzas which are related to three stanzas of the Mainz source (1,2,5) but in reverse order, now beginning "Frew dich, alle Christenheit" (Be joyful, all Christendom).<ref name="Albert-Zerlik" />


The hymn, now "Freu dich, du werte Christenheit", became part of the {{ill|Einheitslieder|de}} of 1947, in an attempt to unify Catholic hymn singing in German. The current text, finally "Nun freue dich, du Christenheit", was adapted for the first common Catholic hymnal, the ''[[Gotteslob (1975)|Gotteslob of 1975]]'', which had the hymn in its common section. The following edition ''[[Gotteslob]]'' of 2013 has it no longer in the common section, but in 19 of the 24 regional sections. The [[Diocese of Mainz]] has it as GL 817.<ref name="Albert-Zerlik" />
The hymn, now "Freu dich, du werte Christenheit", became part of the {{ill|Einheitslieder|de}} of 1947, in an attempt to unify Catholic hymn singing in German. The current text, finally "Nun freue dich, du Christenheit", was adapted for the first common Catholic hymnal, the ''[[Gotteslob (1975)|Gotteslob of 1975]]'', which had the hymn in its common section. The following edition ''[[Gotteslob]]'' of 2013 has it no longer in the common section, but in 19 of the 24 regional sections. The [[Diocese of Mainz]] has it as GL 817.<ref name="Albert-Zerlik" />
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== Text ==
== Text ==
"{{lang|de|Nun freue dich, du Christenheit|italic=no}}" is a new poetry in the spirit of [[Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock|Klopstocks]]. The original text had five [[stanza]]s of eight lines each, reflecting the [[resurrection of Jesus]], closing each stanza with a threefold [[Alleluia]]. Of these stanzas, only the first is still common, but was expanded by two stanzas, first found in a 1866 hymnal from the [[Diocese of Münster]].
"{{lang|de|Nun freue dich, du Christenheit|italic=no}}" is a new poetry in the spirit of [[Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock|Klopstocks]]. The original text had five [[stanza]]s of eight lines each, reflecting the [[resurrection of Jesus]], closing each stanza with a threefold [[Alleluia]]. Of these stanzas, only the first is still common, but was expanded by two stanzas, first found in a 1866 hymnal from the [[Diocese of Münster]]. -->


== Melody ==
== Melody ==
The melody of "{{lang|de|Nun freue dich, du Christenheit|italic=no}}"}} . Regional melodies differ in repeats and [[time signature]]. While the original melody was in triple meter, the hymnal ''Sursum Corda'' had a version in [[common time]]. The ''Gotteslob'' of [[Diocese of Limburg]] has it (in two stanzas) in [[common time]] as GL 779.<ref name="Limburg" />.-->
The melody of "Freu dich, du werte Christenheit", and "{{lang|de|Nun freue dich, du Christenheit|italic=no}}" appeared in Mainz around in 1410. It was later used also for "{{lang|de|[[Es ist das Heil uns kommen her]]|italic=no}}".


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.kirchenmusik-erzbistum-paderborn.de/medien/anhaenge/k1_m20153.pdf Liedvorschläge Lesejahr A] Diocese of Paderborn
* [http://www.kirchenmusik-erzbistum-paderborn.de/medien/anhaenge/k1_m20153.pdf Liedvorschläge Lesejahr A] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430045643/http://www.kirchenmusik-erzbistum-paderborn.de/medien/anhaenge/k1_m20153.pdf |date=2018-04-30 }} Diocese of Paderborn
* [https://sites.google.com/site/gotteslobliedertexte/liedertexte liedertexte] sites.google.com
* [https://sites.google.com/site/gotteslobliedertexte/liedertexte liedertexte] sites.google.com
* [http://www.bistum-passau.de/sites/default/files/user/154/ChBl%20330%20Hassler_Nun%20freue%20dich%20du%20Christenheit_SATB%20-%20Partitur.pdf Nun freue dich, du Christenheit] (Setting by Hassler) [[Diocese of Passau]]
* [http://www.bistum-passau.de/sites/default/files/user/154/ChBl%20330%20Hassler_Nun%20freue%20dich%20du%20Christenheit_SATB%20-%20Partitur.pdf Nun freue dich, du Christenheit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429222150/http://www.bistum-passau.de/sites/default/files/user/154/ChBl%20330%20Hassler_Nun%20freue%20dich%20du%20Christenheit_SATB%20-%20Partitur.pdf |date=2018-04-29 }} (Setting by Hassler) [[Diocese of Passau]]
* Hermann Ühlein: [https://books.google.com/books?id=wwzWJS2c0H0C&pg=PA136 Kirchenlied und Textgeschichte: literarische Traditionsbildung am Beispiel des deutschen Himmelfahrtsliedes von der Aufklärung bis zur Gegenwart] Königshausen & Neumann, 1995


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"Nun freue dich, du Christenheit"
German Catholic Easter hymn
EnglishNow be joyful, you Christendom
LanguageGerman
Published1975 (1975)

"Nun freue dich, du Christenheit" (Now be joyful, you Christendom) is a Catholic hymn for Easter. It goes back to a 1390 hymn, which later appeared as "Freu dich, du werte Christenheit". The final version appeared first in the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob of 1975, later in several regional sections of the Gotteslob.

History

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The current hymn goes back to around 1390, when a Ein Mainzer Prozessionale (A Mainz processional, meaning a book of processional hymns) has a chant with the incipit "Disse oisterliche dage" (These Easter days). The five stanzas appear as verses of the Marian antiphon "Regina celi letare". A Breslau manuscript from 1478 lists three stanzas which are related to three stanzas of the Mainz source (1,2,5) but in reverse order, now beginning "Frew dich, alle Christenheit" (Be joyful, all Christendom).[1]

The hymn, now "Freu dich, du werte Christenheit", became part of the Einheitslieder [de] of 1947, in an attempt to unify Catholic hymn singing in German. The current text, finally "Nun freue dich, du Christenheit", was adapted for the first common Catholic hymnal, the Gotteslob of 1975, which had the hymn in its common section. The following edition Gotteslob of 2013 has it no longer in the common section, but in 19 of the 24 regional sections. The Diocese of Mainz has it as GL 817.[1]

Melody

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The melody of "Freu dich, du werte Christenheit", and "Nun freue dich, du Christenheit" appeared in Mainz around in 1410. It was later used also for "Es ist das Heil uns kommen her".

References

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  1. ^ a b Albert-Zerlik, Annette. "Nun freue dich, du Christenheit (GL Mainz 817)" (in German). Diocese of Mainz. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
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