Awake, My Heart, With Gladness

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About this hymn

Date: 1648
Tune: Auf, Auf, Mein Herz mit Freuden
Composer: Johann Crüger
Key: Eb
Meter: 7 6 7 6 6 6 6 6

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Assurance, Atonement, Brevity of Life, Comfort, Day, Easter.

Col 2:13-15 · 1Cor 15:42-58 · Rom 6:1-11 · 1Pt 1:3-9 · Is 41:1-20 · Rom 8:35-39 · Rev 20:1-3

Musical background

Auf, Auf, Mein Herz mit Freuden is presented in the source key of Eb, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: Paul Gerhardt, 1648. Translated by John Kelly, 1867, alt. Music: 'Auf, Auf, Mein Herz mit Freuden' Johann Crüger, 1648. Setting: "Mehrstimmiges ChoralBuch", 1906. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2011 Revision.