Alle Jahre wieder
German Christmas carol
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Alle Jahre wieder (English: "Every year again") is a well-known German Christmas carol. The text was written in 1837 by Wilhelm Hey.[1][2] It is usually sung to a melody attributed to Friedrich Silcher,[3] who published it in an 1842 song cycle based on a book of fables by Otto Speckter.[4]
Alternative settings stem from the pen of Ernst Anschütz[5] and Christian Heinrich Rinck.[6][7] The latter's is nowadays more frequently used for one of Hoffmann von Fallersleben's poems, Abend wird es wieder.[8][9][10]
Lyrics and melody
Alle Jahre wieder |
Every year again |