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Rejoice, Rejoice This Happy Morn

Representative Text

Rejoice, rejoice this happy morn,
A Savior unto us is born,
The Christ, the Lord of glory!
His lowly birth in Bethlehem
The angels from on high proclaim
And sing redemption's story!
My soul, extol
God's great favor;
Bless Him ever
For salvation;
Give Him praise and adoration!

Source: Lutheran Service Book #391

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Author: Birgitte Katerine Boye

Birgitte was born on March 7, 1742, in Gen­tofte, Den­mark. She was the daughter of Jens Jo­han­sen. Boye mar­ried a su­preme court judge in Co­pen­ha­gen, Den­mark. She found time to study German, French and English and translated hymns into Danish from these languages. As a hym­nist, she was in­volved with Guld­bergs og Har­boes Psalm­e­bog (Ove Guld­berg’s and Lud­vig Har­boe’s Psalt­er), to which she con­trib­ut­ed 146 hymns. She al­so pro­duced "na­tion­al dra­ma­tic writ­ing." She died on Oc­to­ber 17, 1824. Sources: Julian, p. 1001 & Stulken, p. 145  Go to person page >

Translator: Carl Doving

Born: March 21, 1867, Nord­dal­en, Nor­way. Died: Oc­to­ber 2, 1937, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois. Buried: De­cor­ah, Io­wa.  Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Rejoice, rejoice this happy morn
Title: Rejoice, Rejoice This Happy Morn
Author: Birgitte Katerine Boye
Translator: Carl Doving
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Tune

WIE SCHÖN LEUCHTET

Adapting a tune written for Psalm 100 found in Wolff Köphel's Psalter (1538), Nicolai composed WIE SCHÖN LEUCHTET, which was published with the text in 1599. Although the tune was originally more varied rhythmically, the hymnal version here is isorhythmic (all equal rhythms) and set to the rich ha…

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #5757
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
Small Church Music #6170
  • PDF Score (PDF)
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Instances

Instances (1 - 8 of 8)

Ambassador Hymnal #43

Ambassador Hymnal #43
Text

Christian Worship (1993) #49

Christian Worship (1993) #49
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Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #142

Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #142
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Lutheran Service Book #391

Lutheran Service Book #391
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Lutheran Worship #520

Lutheran Worship #520

Protestant Madagascar Hymnal, 2001 #59

Protestant Madagascar Hymnal, 2001 #59
Audio

Small Church Music #6170

Small Church Music #6170
TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #5757

The Cyber Hymnal #5757
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