Johannes Daniel Falk
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Johannes Daniel Falk (28 October 1768 - 14 February 1826) was a German poet.
He was born 1768 in Danzig (Gdańsk), Poland. In 1816 he wrote the German text O du fröliche.. to the melody of one of the most popular Christmas songs O Sanctissima. Falk was the founder of the so-called Falk'sche Institute, a public education place for orphans in Weimar, Germany. He died in 1826.de:Johannes Daniel Falk