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"Wir wollen alle fröhlich sein" ("We all want to be merry", freely: "Rejoice we all this Easter-tide!") is a German Easter hymn, with a text mostly by Cyriakus Schneegass, who added to an older first stanza, and a 1544 tune by the Bohemian Brethren. It was published in Wittenberg in 1573.

"Wir wollen alle fröhlich sein"
German Easter hymn
English	"Rejoice we all this Easter-tide!"
Text	by Cyriakus Schneegass (stanzas 2–5)
Language	German
Melody	by the Bohemian Brethren
Composed	1544 (1544)
Published	1573 (1573)
Tune EG 106 (help·info)

History

The first stanza of "Wir wollen alle fröhlich sein" was written in the 14th century in Medingen Abbey, a nuns' monastery. The following four stanzas were added by Cyriakus Schneegass in Eisleben. The melody appears first in a Bohemian monastery in Hohenfurt, another sources says "Böhmische Brüder 1544" (Bohemian Brethren 1544). It was printed in Wittenberg in 1573.[1][2] It has appeared in German-language hymnals, including in the Protestant hymnal Evangelisches Gesangbuch as EG 100, and in the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob as GL 326.[1]

References

External links

• Wir wollen alle fröhlich sein (Michael Praetorius) ChoralWiki

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