Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen
"Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen" | |
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Christmas carol | |
English | All my heart this night rejoices |
Text | Paul Gerhardt |
Language | German |
Meter | 8 3 3 6 8 3 3 6 |
Melody | |
Published | 1653 |
"Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen" ("Merrily my heart shall leap") is a Christian
Catherine Winkworth translated seven stanzas in 1858 as "All my heart this night rejoices". Other translations also exist.
History
The hymn was missing in the 1854 Deutsches Evangelisches Kirchen-Gesangbuch.[5] From the Deutsches Evangelisches Gesangbuch where it appeared in eleven stanzas, it has remained in the repertory of Protestant church singing. In the current Protestant hymnal Evangelisches Gesangbuch, the song is EG 36.[4] The song is part of several other hymnals and songbooks.[3] It was regarded as ecumenical by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für ökumenisches Liedgut but was not included in the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob of 2013.[6]
Translations
Text and theme
Gerhardt originally wrote 15 stanzas of eight lines each,[8] in an unusual and artful metre.[3][9] It follows the pattern of a sermon at the time.[1] The text begins saying "I" in a believer's personal statement, for the singer to identify with what is said. It then appeals to a "you", meaning the congregation requested to join in doing so.[4] The song ends in a prayer.[4]
The following table shows Gerhardt's text in the 12 stanzas contained in the Evangelisches Gesangbuch[8] and the translation by Winkworth:[7]
German current lyrics | Winkworth translation |
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1. Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen |
All my heart this night rejoices |
Melodies and settings
The hymn was also sung with a melody which Johann Georg Ebeling created for Gerhardt's "Warum sollt ich mich denn grämen" (EG 370). It appeared in 1666 in Pauli Gerhardi Geistliche Andachten.[13] This melody was used by Bach in a four-part setting in his Christmas Oratorio, in Part III, "Ich will dich mit Fleiß bewahren", reflecting the preceding aria, "Schließe, mein Herze, dies selige Wunder".[14][15] Bach used the melody also in 1736 in Schemellis Gesangbuch.[16]
Literature
- Paul Gerhardt: Dichtungen und Schriften. Munich 1957, pp. 1–3.
- Johann Friedrich Bachmann: Paulus Gerhardts geistliche Lieder: historisch-kritische Ausgabe. Oehmigke, Berlin 1866, pp. 95–97 (Digitalisat, p. 95, at Google Books).
See also
References
- ^ a b Kroll, Thomas (1 December 2007). ""Fröhlich soll mein Herzen springen" / Über die Weihnachtslieder Paul Gerhardts" (in German). Deutschlandfunk. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ Crüger, Johann: Praxis Pietatis Melica. Das ist: Übung der Gottseligkeit in Christlichen und trostreichen Gesängen. Editio V. Runge, Berlin 1653, pp. 779 ff. (Digitalisat der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek).
- ^ a b c d "Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen" (in German). Die christliche Liederdatenbank. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-52-550333-1.
- ^ Deutsches evangelisches Kirchen-Gesangbuch in 150 Kernliedern Cotta, Stuttgart/Augsburg 1854.
- ISBN 978-3-643-11663-5.
- ^ a b c "All my heart this night rejoices". hymnary.org. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ a b Crüger, Johann. "Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen" (PDF) (in German). johann-crueger.de. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ "Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen dieser Zeit". hymnary.org. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen (Crüger, Johann): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- ^ Free scores by Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen (Burkhart M. Schürmann) in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
- ^ Free scores by All my heart (Burkhart M. Schürmann) in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
- ^ Johann Friedrich Bachmann (ed.): Paulus Gerhardts geistliche Lieder: historisch-kritische Ausgabe Oehmigke, Berlin 1866, pp. 138–140.
- ^ "Cantata BWV 248/3 / Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen / (Weihnachts-Oratorium III) / English Translation / Cantata BWV 248/3 - Ruler of heaven, hear our inarticulate speech / Christmas Oratorio III". Bach Cantatas Website. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ Luke Dahn: BWV 248.33
- ^ Georg Christian Schemelli: [Musicalisches Gesang-Buch, Darinnen 954 geistreiche, sowohl alte als neue Lieder und Arien, mit wohlgesetzten Melodien, in Discant und Baß, befindlich sind; Vornehmlich denen Evangelischen Gemeinen im Stifte, Naumburg-Zeitz gewidmet]. Leipzig 1736, pp. 127ff.
External links
- Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen, setting by Johann Crüger: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen, melody by Johann Georg Ebeling: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Free scores by Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen (Johann Crüger) in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
- Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen Liederprojekt of SWR2 and Carus-Verlag
- Bach Cantata Translations / BWV 248-III – "Herrscher des Himmels" Emmanuel Music
- All my heart with joy is springing hymntime.com