Here's the history on this tune;
Title: O du fröhliche
Author: Johann Daniel Falk
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain
"O du fröhliche" ("O, how joyful", literally: "Oh, you joyful ... [Christmastime]") is a German Christmas carol. The author of the original text was the prominent Weimar "orphan father" Johannes Daniel Falk (1768–1826), who set his lyric to the anonymous hymn-tune "O Sanctissima" (O most holy). Shortly after Falk's death, his former assistant Heinrich Holzschuher [de] (1798–1847) from Wunsiedel completed the set of three verses that are sung today."
‘O SANCTISSIMA (O Most Holy)’
“O Sanctissima” is a Roman Catholic hymn in Latin to the Blessed Virgin Mary, first published in 1792, and often sung on Marian feast days. It is claimed that the tune of the hymn is Sicilian. The tune is sometimes called “Sicilian Mariners Hymn” or “Mariners Hymn”.
Titles with; "GSS" are from the 1866 German book "Gesange fur Sonntag-Schulen" (Song book for Sunday School)
Specifications of the organ;
Swell:
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Violin Diapason
4' Flute Triangulare (From 1957 Moller, Opus 9122 Carlisle PA) Extended to 8' with St Diapason 1-12 from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932
8' Salicional from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932
Great:
8' Open Diapason
8' Doppleflute (Uses Melodia bass 1-12) (from 1927 Kilgen)
8' Melodia
4' Octave (from 1927 Kilgen)
8' Dulciana (from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932)
Pedal:
16' Bourdon 44 pipes (#1 scale from 1934 Reuter)
Usual couplers 4',16' Gt-Sw , Gt-Ped, Sw-Ped
To be tentatively added;
Open Diapason 1-61, (from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932 winded by Kinetic blower) to be used as a 16' manual stop.
8' Stopped Diapason 1-61 (from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932 likely to be used as a 4' flute traverso.
Slide shows of the organ rebuild from Dec 2015 to Around Sept 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE_eIOKJMoA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6vY5K5DVzM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYYOxcd6Z6A
Title: O du fröhliche
Author: Johann Daniel Falk
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain
"O du fröhliche" ("O, how joyful", literally: "Oh, you joyful ... [Christmastime]") is a German Christmas carol. The author of the original text was the prominent Weimar "orphan father" Johannes Daniel Falk (1768–1826), who set his lyric to the anonymous hymn-tune "O Sanctissima" (O most holy). Shortly after Falk's death, his former assistant Heinrich Holzschuher [de] (1798–1847) from Wunsiedel completed the set of three verses that are sung today."
‘O SANCTISSIMA (O Most Holy)’
“O Sanctissima” is a Roman Catholic hymn in Latin to the Blessed Virgin Mary, first published in 1792, and often sung on Marian feast days. It is claimed that the tune of the hymn is Sicilian. The tune is sometimes called “Sicilian Mariners Hymn” or “Mariners Hymn”.
Titles with; "GSS" are from the 1866 German book "Gesange fur Sonntag-Schulen" (Song book for Sunday School)
Specifications of the organ;
Swell:
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Violin Diapason
4' Flute Triangulare (From 1957 Moller, Opus 9122 Carlisle PA) Extended to 8' with St Diapason 1-12 from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932
8' Salicional from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932
Great:
8' Open Diapason
8' Doppleflute (Uses Melodia bass 1-12) (from 1927 Kilgen)
8' Melodia
4' Octave (from 1927 Kilgen)
8' Dulciana (from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932)
Pedal:
16' Bourdon 44 pipes (#1 scale from 1934 Reuter)
Usual couplers 4',16' Gt-Sw , Gt-Ped, Sw-Ped
To be tentatively added;
Open Diapason 1-61, (from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932 winded by Kinetic blower) to be used as a 16' manual stop.
8' Stopped Diapason 1-61 (from Moller Opus 6447 of 1932 likely to be used as a 4' flute traverso.
Slide shows of the organ rebuild from Dec 2015 to Around Sept 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE_eIOKJMoA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6vY5K5DVzM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYYOxcd6Z6A
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