Tochter Zion, freue dich (George Frideric Handel)
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Title: Tochter Zion, freue dich
Composer: George Frideric Handel
Lyricist: Heinrich Ranke (1798-1876) or Johann Joachim Eschenbach
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carol
Language: German
Instruments: a cappella
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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!