Easter Hymn (tune)

For works with similar titles, see Easter Hymn.

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This anonymous hymn tune first appeared in Lyra Davidica in 1708, alongside the first appearance of the hymn "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today". It is frequently used for that hymn as well as for other hymns based (directly or indirectly) upon the Latin "Surrexit Christus hodie". It is sometimes mistakenly attributed to John Worgan.

1787205Easter Hymn

Versions of Easter Hymn include:

"The Resurrection" in Lyra Davidica (1708); used with the hymn "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today".
"Worgan", in The Army and Navy Hymnal, (ed.) by Henry Augustine Smith (1920); used with the hymn "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today".