German
| Carol | Composer /Lyricist | Year published | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Alle Jahre wieder" ("Every Year Again") | Friedrich Silcher /Wilhelm Hey | 1837 | |
| "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen" ("Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming") | 16th century | ||
| "Es ist für uns eine Zeit angekommen" ("The Time Has Arrived for Us") | Swiss traditional | 19th century | |
| "Ihr Kinderlein kommet" ("Oh, Come, Little Children") | Johann Abraham Peter Schulz / Christoph von Schmid |
1794 (music)/ 1798 (lyrics)/ 1832 (combination of text and music) |
|
| "Kling Glöckchen" ("Ring Little Bell") | traditional /Karl Enslin | 19th century | |
| "Lasst uns froh und munter sein" ("Let Us Be Happy and Cheerful") | traditional from the Hunsrück | this song is traditionally sung at Nicholas Eve on December 5 | |
| "Leise rieselt der Schnee" ("Softly Falls Every Snow Flake") | Eduard Ebel / Eduard Ebel | about 1900 | |
| "Maria durch ein Dornwald ging" ("Maria Walks Amid the Thorns") | traditional from Hesse | ||
| "Morgen, Kinder wird's was geben" ("Tomorrow, Children, Something Special Will Happen") | Carl Gottlieb Haring / Philipp Bartsch | 1850 | |
| "O Tannenbaum" ("O Christmas Tree") | German traditional | ||
| "Schneeflöckchen, Weissröckchen" ("Little Snow Flake, Little White Coat") | Hedwig Haberkern | 1869 | |
| "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht" ("Silent Night") | Josef Mohr / Franz Xaver Gruber | 1818 | |
| "Tausend Sterne sind ein Dom" ("Thousands Stars Form a Dome") | Siegfried Köhler / Siegfried Köhler | 1946 | |
| "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her" ("From Heaven Above, I Come") | traditional / Martin Luther | 16th century | |
| "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" ("How Lovely Shines the Morning Star") | Philipp Nicolai | 16th century |
Read more about this topic: List Of Christmas Carols
Famous quotes containing the word german:
“Immanuel Kant lived with knowledge as with his lawfully wedded wife, slept with it in the same intellectual bed for forty years and begot an entire German race of philosophical systems.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)
“Many of our German friends before the war would come as our guest to hunt wild pig. I refused to invite Goering. I could not tolerate his killing a wild pig— seemed too much like brother against brother.”
—Joseph L. Mankiewicz, U.S. director, screenwriter. Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Countess (Danielle Darrieux)
“The German Reich is a Republic, and whoever doesn’t believe it gets one in the neck.”
—Alfred Döblin (1878–1957)
Related Phrases
Related Words