page_title: Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen
hierarchical_section_title: Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen, Erstdruck 1653
context_page_description: "Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen" is a Christian Christmas hymn by Paul Gerhardt, originally in 15 stanzas in artful metre. It was first published, "Frölich sol mein hertze springen", in 1653 in the fifth edition of the hymnal Praxis Pietatis Melica by Johann Crüger, who also created a melody. Johann Sebastian Bach used it as a chorale in his Christmas Oratorio, with a different melody by Johann Georg Ebeling. The song is part, with twelve stanzas, of the current Protestant hymnal Evangelisches Gesangbuch and other songbooks.
  Catherine Winkworth translated seven stanzas in 1858 as "All my heart this night rejoices". Other translations also exist.
context_section_description: "Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen" (Merrily my heart shall leap") is a Christian Christmas hymn by Paul Gerhardt, originally in 15 stanzas in artful metre. It was first published, "Frölich sol mein hertze springen", in 1653 in the fifth edition of the hymnal Praxis Pietatis Melica by Johann Crüger, who also created a melody. Johann Sebastian Bach used it as a chorale in his Christmas Oratorio, with a different melody by Johann Georg Ebeling. The song is part, with twelve stanzas, of the current Protestant hymnal Evangelisches Gesangbuch and other songbooks.
  Catherine Winkworth translated seven stanzas in 1858 as "All my heart this night rejoices". Other translations also exist.
caption: The hymn in the first edition, "Frölich sol mein hertze springen"
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