BWV 605 O hail this brightest day of days

Johann Sebastian Bach

BWV	605
Title	O hail this brightest day of days
Composed	1708, Weimar
Key	G-Major
Scoring	Organ
Movements	Chorale
Category	Orgelbuechlein
Event	Christmas
Author of text	Johann Peter Utz, 1781
Text	O hail this brightest day of days, All good Christian people! Of maiden pure He is the Son; Forever shall Thy praise be sung, Christ's fair Mother Mary! Ever was there news so great? God's own Son from heaven's high state Is born the Son of Mary!
Manuscript	Estate Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy; Bodleian library, Oxford; Music library, Leipzig; Johann Sebastian Bach Institute, Goettingen; Conservatory, Brussels; Yale University, New Haven; University library, Warzawa