"" (Let us praise, joyfully praise) is a Christian

hymn A hymn is a type of song, and partially synonymous with devotional song, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification. The word ''hymn'' ...

in German. It was written by

Georg Thurmair Georg Thurmair (7 February 1909 – 20 January 1984) was a German poet who wrote around 300 hymns, a writer, journalist and author of documentary films. Career Born in Munich, he took commercial training and worked from 1926 as a secretary at the ...

in 1948, then beginning "Laßt uns loben, Brüder, loben" (Let us praise, brothers, praise). The melody was composed by the same year. It is part of the Catholic hymnal ''

Gotteslob ''Gotteslob'' ("Praise of God") is the title of the hymnbook authorized by the Catholic dioceses in Germany, Austria, South Tyrol, Luxembourg and Liège, Belgium. First published in Advent 2013, it is the current official hymnal for German-speaki ...

'' (2013) and other hymnals.

History

wrote the song "" in 1948. It was set to music the same year by Erhard Quack, revised in 1971. It was included in the common Catholic hymnal in German, ''

'' in 1975, as GL 84. The word "Brüder" in the first line was understood as meaning only men which seemed unacceptable in the 1990. In copies of the ''Gotteslob'', a new version was glued into the books, using the adverb "freudig" (joyfully) instead of "Brüder", because the neutral word "Geschwister" (siblings) would not match the metre. With this wording, it became part of the 2013 edition of ''

'' as GL 489, in the section ''Leben in der Kirche – Taufe'' (life in the church – baptism. It is part of other hymnals and songbooks.

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