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He was born . 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 .