Tochter Zion, freue dich (Georg Friedrich Händel)
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CPDL #14592: Lilypond
- Editor: Reinhold Kainhofer (added 2007-07-29). Score information: A4, 1 pages, 147 kbytes Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Tochter Zion, freue dich
Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carols
Language: German
Instruments: a cappella.
Published:
Description: Originally composed as „Chor der Jünglinge“ (Text: "See the conqu’ring hero comes") in the 3rd movement of the Oratoriums Josua, Händel later inserted this choir also into "Judas Maccabäus".
Around 1820, Johann Joachim Eschenbach (other sources attribute it to Friedrich Heinrich Ranke) added the text "Tochter Zion, freue dich" and turned the song into an advent carol. Currently, it belongs to the most well-known and most often sung christmas songs in the German-speaking countries.
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Original text and translations
German text
- 1.
- Tochter Zion, freue dich!
- Jauchze, laut, Jerusalem!
- Sieh, dein König kommt zu dir!
- Ja er kommt, der Friedenfürst.
- Tochter Zion, freue dich!
- Jauchze, laut, Jerusalem!
- 2.
- Hosianna, Davids Sohn,
- Sei gesegnet deinem Volk!
- Gründe nun dein ewig' Reich,
- Hosianna in der Höh'!
- Hosianna, Davids Sohn,
- Sei gesegnet deinem Volk!
- 3.
- Hosianna, Davids Sohn,
- Sei gegrüßet, König mild!
- Ewig steht dein Friedensthron,
- Du, des ew'gen Vaters Kind.
- Hosianna, Davids Sohn,
- Sei gegrüßet, König mild!
Lyrics: Heinrich Ranke (1798-1876)
- Or was it:
Lyrics: Johann Joachim Eschenbach 1820.
Categories: 2007-07-29 | A cappella | Texts-translations | German texts | Sheet music | Sacred music | Carols | Christmas | SATB | Baroque music
