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lutheranhymnsWhat's the hymn tune/meter?
So, this is slightly more interesting than it looks like at first, but it's one of those "we'll get to it later if we get that far and I remember that this one was weird." The thing to know is that, other than the last line, it's six lines of eight syllables, so "888 888." And that last line is one of those trailing alleluias. The name of the tune is "Lasst uns erfreuen," which appears to be German for "Let us praise." (I'm guessing that's not for this song, it's used for other songs that are more directly praise-esque. Although there's plenty of praise in this one too.)
Is there duplication within those other six lines?
Yes--the line "Christ has triumphed! He is living!" gets repeated a lot, but not always at the same time every verse. (For instance the last verse is essentially 'give God the Father, Son, and Spirit all the glory,' which is a pretty common outro-type line if not in so many words.)
So, this is slightly more interesting than it looks like at first, but it's one of those "we'll get to it later if we get that far and I remember that this one was weird." The thing to know is that, other than the last line, it's six lines of eight syllables, so "888 888." And that last line is one of those trailing alleluias. The name of the tune is "Lasst uns erfreuen," which appears to be German for "Let us praise." (I'm guessing that's not for this song, it's used for other songs that are more directly praise-esque. Although there's plenty of praise in this one too.)
Is there duplication within those other six lines?
Yes--the line "Christ has triumphed! He is living!" gets repeated a lot, but not always at the same time every verse. (For instance the last verse is essentially 'give God the Father, Son, and Spirit all the glory,' which is a pretty common outro-type line if not in so many words.)
