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Easter hymns are hymns dedicated to Eastertide, related to the resurrection of Jesus.

List of Easter hymns

Hymn Translation Text Tune Language Published Notes
" Christ ist erstanden" Christ is risen anon. anon. German 1160
" Christ lag in Todesbanden" Christ lay in the bonds of death Martin Luther Martin Luther and Johann Walter German 1524 melody based on Victimae paschali laudes
" Christ the Lord Is Risen Today" Charles Wesley "Easter hymn" English 1739
" Christus ist erstanden! O tönt" Christ is risen! O sound Johann Weinzierl Schniebel, Paul German 1826 paraphrase of Victimae paschali laudes
" Gelobt sei Gott im höchsten Thron" Praised be God on highest throne Michael Weiße Melchior Vulpius German 1531 / 1609 melody later
" Ihr Christen, singet hocherfreut" You Christians, sing in great joy Christoph Moufang from Paris 1623 German 1865 based on O filii et filiae
" Lasst uns erfreuen" Let us rejoice anon. German 1623
" O Licht der wunderbaren Nacht" O light of the wonderful night Georg Thurmair from Mainz, c. 1390 German 1963
" Seht, er lebt" Look, he lives Lothar Zenetti from Israel German 1973
" Thine Be the Glory, Risen Conquering Son" Edmond Louis Budry, translated by Richard Hoyle " Maccabaeus" English/French 1923 Originally published in French as "À toi la gloire O Ressuscité"
" Wahrer Gott, wir glauben dir" True God, we believe You Christoph Bernhard Verspoell Verspoell German 1810
" Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem" Robert Campbell "St. Fulbert" English 1850 Based on Chorus novae Ierusalem by Fulbert of Chartres