The German text was adapted by Christoph Moufang in 1865 from the 15th-century Latin hymn "O filii et filiae".
[2] "Ihr Christen, singet hocherfreut" is a German adaptation of the Latin hymn for Easter "O filii et filiae" that Jean Tisserand [fr] created before 1494.
)[6] The following stanzas, seven to eleven, refer to appearances of Jesus to the disciples hiding in a locked room in Jerusalem, first without Thomas, than also to him.
[4] Edited by Mailänder, Carus-Verlag published in 2014 a collection of chorale preludes for Gotteslob hymns for Lent and Easter, Choralvorspiele für Orgel zum Gotteslob / Band 2 · Österliche Bußzeit und Ostern, with two preludes for the Halleluja, one by Richard Lloyd and one by Colin Mawby.
[8] In 2016, W. Merkes composed a three-part choral arrangement for use in the Diocese of Trier during the Easter Vigil.