!!!Middle Ages/Geistliche Kultur !!''Christ ist erstanden'' [{Image src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Christ_ist_erstanden/040105a.jpg' height='250' alt='Christ ist erstanden' caption='Music sheet "Christ ist erstanden"\\© Stiftsbibliothek Admont (Steiermark), Foto: Helmut Schubert, Graz' width='167'}] ''Christ ist erstanden'' is the oldest sacred song still in use in our area today. It was probably composed by an Augustine monk in Passau around the year 1150 and has survived in various musical manuscripts. The illustration from Codex Admont 323 clearly demonstrates the derivation of the melody from the Easter Sequence ''Victimae paschali laudes'', since ''Christ ist erstanden'' has been directly interpolated into it; the melody is written in quadratnotation. Unlike Gregorian chant, German language church songs such as this one were not a permanent part of the liturgy, but it was the custom on certain feast days (liturgies of Holy Week, Easter and Christmas) that the congregation participated in the ceremonies with German songs. (E. Stadler) !Sound Clip [{Audio src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Christ_ist_erstanden/040105am.mp3' caption='Christ ist erstanden\\© Catkanei - Studio für Alte Musik, Graz. (Aufnahme: GM-Tonstudio-Musikverlag Dr. Werner Jauk, Graz'}] [{Metadata Suchbegriff='' Kontrolle='Nein'}] %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Christ_ist_erstanden|class='wikipage austrian'] %%