by Charles Wesley (1707 - 1788)
Christ is risen!
Language: English
Christ the Lord is risen today, [Alleluia!]1 Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia! Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia! Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia! Love's redeeming work is done, Alleluia! Fought the fight, the [battle]2 won, Alleluia! Jesus' agony is o'er, Alleluia! Darkness veils the earth no more, Alleluia!3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal, Alleluia! Christ hath burst the gates of hell; Alleluia! Death in vain forbids Him rise; Alleluia! Christ hath opened Paradise. Alleluia! Soar we now where Christ hath led, Alleluia! Following our exalted Head, Alleluia! Made like him, like him we rise, Alleluia! Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!
B. Huhn sets stanzas 1-4
As there are hundreds of versions of this text, the version given here is that which most closely aligns with that used in Huhn's setting. Most other versions include additional stanzas after the final one given here, though texts differ widely.
1 Huhn omits every "alleluia!"2 Huhn: "vict'ry"
Authorship:
- by Charles Wesley (1707 - 1788), written 1739 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Bruno Siegfried Huhn (1871 - 1950), "Christ is risen!", published 1910, copyright © 1910, stanzas 1-4 [voice and piano], Arthur P. Schmidt Co. [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-04-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 110