The Savior is born

The Savior is Born is a Christmas carol from Upper Austria .

history

The first stanza of the song can be traced back to 1638 through a leaflet print from Innsbruck with a different melody. The melody known today has been handed down in a manuscript from Weyarn Abbey since around 1780 . A text version consisting of six stanzas with the indication of origin Salzkammergut and a melody incipit were published in 1881 by Wilhelm Pailler . In the Silesian county of Glatz , which is often stated in song books as the origin of the text, the song can only be traced back to 1911 with a somewhat reformed text.

The song was included in the Evangelical Hymnal (EG 49).

content

The song proclaims the biblical Christmas story based on the proclamation of the angels ( Lk 2.10–11  EU ). In the older version with six stanzas, the content of the song is divided into three sections: the first two stanzas deal with the newborn Jesus as Savior , the next two with the angels, and the two final stanzas with the believers as a community.

Melody and lyrics

Text by Wilhelm Pailler (1881)

standard version today

The Savior is Born - Rejoice, Christianity! - Otherwise we would all be lost in all eternity! Rejoice with all your heart, you Christians all, come here to the little children in the stable! Chosen a child - rejoice, you Christianity! Is born to us in the stable, That delights heaven and earth. Rejoice with all your heart, etc. The angels sing sweetly - Rejoice, you Christianity! - They do good news, proclaim great joy. Rejoice with all your heart, etc. They proclaim peace! Rejoice, you Christianity! - Forgiveness of all sins is ready for us in the stable. Rejoice with all your heart, etc. The stable is open to everyone - Rejoice, you Christianity! Whoever wants can now hope for grace and mercy. Rejoice with all your heart, etc. The fountain of grace will flow. Rejoice, you Christianity! Greet all the children! Come to him with joy! Rejoice from the bottom of your heart, etc.

The Savior is Born Rejoice, O Christianity Otherwise we would be lost in all eternity! Rejoice from the bottom of your heart, you Christians all Come to the child in the stable The child chosen, Rejoice, O Christianity, That was born in the stable, Has delighted heaven and earth. Rejoice from the bottom of your heart, all you Christians, come to the child in the stable. The angels sing sweetly, Rejoice, you Christianity, Doing good news, proclaiming great joy. Rejoice with all your heart, you Christians all, come to the child in the stable. The fountain of mercy flows. Rejoice, you Christianity! All greet the child, come to him with joy! Rejoice from the bottom of your heart, all you Christians, come to the child in the stable.

literature

• Arnold Blöchl: Melodiarium for Wilhelm Pailler's collection of Christmas and nativity songs (= Corpus musicae popularis Austriacae, Volume 13). Böhlau, Wien 2000, ISBN 3-205-99123-0 , pp. 295–299 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
• Theo Mang, Sunhilt Mang (ed.): The song source . Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2007, ISBN 978-3-7959-0850-8 , pp. 1041-1042 .
• Ulrich Parent, Martin Rößler : 49 - The Savior is born . In: Gerhard Hahn , Jürgen Henkys (Hrsg.): Liederkunde zum Evangelisches Gesangbuch . No. 5 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2002, ISBN 3-525-50326-1 , pp. 36–38 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Ingeborg Weber-Kellermann : The book of Christmas carols. 11th edition. Schott, Mainz 2004, ISBN 3-254-08213-3 , pp. 234-235.

Web links

• The Savior was born in the song project of Carus-Verlag and SWR2
• Christmas carols (25) “The Savior is Born” , faz.net, December 25, 2013
• The Savior is born , lieder-archiv.de
• The savior is born , volksliederarchiv.de
• Free scores of The Savior is born in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Johann Gächen: Weynacht jubilation. That is: Nine beautiful joyful Weynacht chants. In praise and honor of the Newborn Christ Child, Through the Holy Week at the Kripplein, as well as in the church as at home. Useful by young and old, to sing, to read and to contemplate comforting and happy. Printed to Ynßbprugg, bey Johann Gächen, Anno 1638. Quoted from: Arnold Blöchl, p. 297.
2. ^ Arnold Blöchl, p. 296.
3. ^ ^{A b} Wilhelm Pailler : Christmas carols and nativity scenes from Upper Austria and Tyrol. Volume 1. Wagner, Innsbruck 1881, p. 58 u. 402 ( digitized version ).
4. ↑ Georg Amft : Folk songs from the county of Glatz. Franke, Habelschwerdt 1911, No. 554.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Evangelical hymn book . Edition for the Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Bavaria and Thuringia. 2nd Edition. Evangelical Press Association for Bavaria eV, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-583-12100-7 .