"Christus ist erstanden! O tönt" (Christ is risen! O sound) is a Catholic hymn for Easter. It was written as a paraphrase of the Easter sequence Victimae paschali laudes, and appeared in 1816 by Johann Weinzierl. A melody was composed by Paul Schniebel in 1826.[1] The first of six stanzas begins: Christus ist erstanden! O tönt, ihr Jubellieder, tönt!.[1] The hymn is similar to Schubert's Deutsche Messe in its idea to provide singable hymns in German for the congregational.[1]
The hymn has appeared in regional sections of the Catholic hymnals, both the 1975 Gotteslob and the 2013 Gotteslob.[2][3] It is a frequently sung hymn in Easter services.
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