Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
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Christ the Lord Is Risen Today is a Christian hymn traditionally associated with Easter. Most of the stanzas were written by Methodist Charles Wesley, and the hymn appeared under the title "Hymn for Easter Day" in Hymns and Sacred Songs by Charles and John Wesley in 1739.
The hymn is a variation of an earlier hymn Jesus Christ Is Risen Today, a 14th century Latin hymn which had been translated into English and published in Lyra Davidica in 1708 (and later in 1749 in Arnold's Compleat Psalmodist). In some hymnals, "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today" is in fact the 3 stanza Compleat Psalmodist version with one or more of the additional stanzas written by Wesley appended.
Many hymnals include both hymns separately. Almost all list "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today" to be sung to the tune Easter Hymn (either the original from Lyra Davidica or an alternative arrangement by William Henry Monk). Some, such as the Australian Hymn Book, also list that as the tune for "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today". However, most list "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today" to be sung to the anonymous tune Nassau (first found in a late 17th-century German book of sacred tunes), to the tune Gwalchmai by Welsh composer Joseph David Jones, or to the tune Llanfair.
References
- "Hymn Texts and Tunes". Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary Handbook. URL accessed on July 18, 2005. which cites Handbook to The Lutheran Hymnal
- "Christ the Lord is risen today". Oremus Hymnal. URL accessed on July 18, 2005.
- "Jesus Christ is risen today". Oremus Hymnal. URL accessed on July 18, 2005.
- "Jesus Christ is Risen Today". Kapelle Music on-line. URL accessed on July 18, 2005.
