Meter: Irregular
Source: Old German, 12th c.
Proper Text: Christ Is Arisen (Christ ist erstanden)
Erstanden ist (Christ ist erstanden)
Meter: 8.8.
Source: Strassburg Hymnal, 1545
Proper Text: Arisen Is the Holy Christ (Erstanden ist der heilig Christ)
This tune was often appended to the hymns “Christ Is Arisen (Christ ist erstanden)” and “Christ Rose to Heaven (Christ fuhr gen Himmel),” with a text in 8.8., each stanza followed by a repetition of the tune with fourfold Alleluia. The setting used here is by Michael Praetorius, 1607.