"Tochter Zion, freue dich" | |
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Christian hymn | |
Text | Friedrich Heinrich Ranke |
Language | German |
Based on | Movement from Joshua |
Melody | George Frideric Handel |
Composed | 1747 |
Published | 1826 |
"Tochter Zion, freue dich" (Daughter Zion, rejoice) is an Advent song in German. The text was written by Friedrich Heinrich Ranke, based on music derived from two of Handel's oratorios. The song was published in 1826, assigned to the Entry into Jerusalem. The hymn is part of the German Protestant hymnal Evangelisches Gesangbuch as EG 13 and the 2013 Catholic hymnal Gotteslob as GL 228, both four-part settings in the Advent section.
The French hymn À toi la gloire O Ressuscité and its English translation Thine Be the Glory use the same tune.