NUN FREUT EUCH

Stanza Arc

The narrative or theological arc traced by this tune's stanzas: Law to Gospel: human sinfulness and bondage under Satan → God's mercy in Christ → Christ's substitutionary atonement → faith's response and eschatological hope

Associated Hymn Texts (8)

• Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice
• If God Had Not Been on Our Side — Martin Luther (1524)
• Now Hail the Day So Rich in Cheer — Martin Luther (1535)
• Christ the Lord to Us is Born — Martin Luther (1535)
• Here is the Tenfold Sure Command — Martin Behm (1610)
• Now Sing We, Now Rejoice — Unknown (1400)
• Rise! To Arms! With Prayer Employ You — Christian Keymann (1658)
• These Are the Holy Ten Commands — Martin Luther (1524)

Set to This Tune in The Lutheran Hymnal (3)

• TLH 124 O Lord, Our Father, Thanks to Thee
• TLH 375 If Thy Beloved Son, O God
• TLH 387 Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice

Notes on the Tune

From Hymn Desk's analyses of the hymns sung to it.

TLH 387, Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice : NUN FREUT EUCH — a buoyant bar-form tune whose energy suits the joy announced in st. 1 even when the text turns dark in st. 2-3.