Jauchzet, ihr Himmel

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"Jauchzet, ihr Himmel"
German Christmas carol
English"Rejoice, you Heavens"
Textby Gerhard Tersteegen
LanguageGerman
Published1731 (1731)

"Jauchzet, ihr Himmel" (Rejoice, you Heavens) is a German Christmas carol. The text, originally in eight stanzas was written by Gerhard Tersteegen in 1731. [1] He assigned it to the popular melody of "Lobe den Herren" by Joachim Neander. [2] In only the first seven stanzas, it is part of the current Protestant hymnal Evangelisches Gesangbuch as EG 41, and of the current German Catholic hymnal Gotteslob , as 251. It is published in 17 hymnals. [1]

Contents

The theme is praise of Heaven and Earth that God came close to humans in a friendly way by becoming a child (Gott will so freundlich und nah ...). In the last stanza, the singer requests that God may also be born in him (werd auch in mir nun geboren). [3]

Rudolf Mauersberger composed a different melody in 1926. [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Jauchzet, ihr Himmel, frohlocket, ihr Engel, in Chören". hymnary.org. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Fischer, Michael (2007). "Jauchzet ihr Himmel". Liederlexikon (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  3. 1 2 Hahn, Gerhard; Henkys, Jürgen, eds. (2000). "41 Jauchzet, ihr Himmel, frohlocket, ihr Engel in Chören". Liederkunde zum Evangelischen Gesangbuch (in German). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. pp. 21–25. ISBN   978-3-52-550325-6.
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