Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein

"Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein"
Hymn by Martin Luther
Print in the Erfurt Enchiridion, 1524
Text by Martin Luther
Language German
Published 1524 (1524)

"Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein" is a Lutheran hymn, written in 1523 by Martin Luther. One of his early hymns, it was published as one of eight songs in 1524 in the first Lutheran hymnal, the Achtliederbuch, which contained four songs by Luther, three by Speratus, and one by Justus Jonas. It appeared also in 1524 in the Erfurt Enchiridion.

See also

Literature

  • Kurt Aland: Luther Deutsch. Band 6, Göttingen 1966, pp. 360
  • Christa Reich: Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g’mein. In: Hansjakob Becker (ed.): Geistliches Wunderhorn. Große deutsche Kirchenlieder. München 2/2003, pp 111–123.
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