"Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag" (Appeared is the splendid day)[1] is a German Easter hymn, with text and tune (Zahn No.

Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag, Dran sich niemand gnug freuen mag: Christ, unser Herr, heut triumphiert, All sein Feind er gefangen führt.

[6] In the middle stanzas, events around Easter are narrated, such as the women at the grave, and appearances to the disciples, but also earlier related stories such as of Samson who smashed his prison, and of Jonah who was inside the great fish for three days.

The author notes: "Uff diese Melodey mag man alle Euangelia singen / bis uff Pfingsten",[7] indicating that it was suitable to all hymns for the Österliche Freudenzeit (Joyful Easter time) including the hymn for Ascension "Als viertzig tag nach Ostern warn".

[9] In his Orgelbüchlein, he composed a chorale prelude on the hymn (BWV 629)[10] in which he uses the melody as a cantus firmus in soprano and bass in canon, with joyful motifs in the middle voices.

[15] Settings from the 20th century also include Gustav Gunsenheimer's Vokalise über "Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag" for a low voice and organ,[16] and a Sonata über "Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag" for clarinhorn (or flugelhorn or trumpet in B) and string orchestra by Widmar Hader, published in 1980.

[17] Another Easter hymn is sung to the same melody, "Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ, dass du vom Tod erstanden bist", listed as EG 107.

[18] The hymn "Gott Lob, der Sonntag kommt herbei", a praise of the Sunday by Johann Olearius, printed in 1671 in his hymnal Geistliche Singe-Kunst (Spiritual art of singing), is also sung to the same melody.