Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 606
Title From heav'n on high I come to you
Composed 1713, Weimar
Key D-Major
Scoring

Organ

Movements Chorale
Category Orgelbuechlein
Event Christmas
Author of text Martin Luther, 1538
Text

From heav'n on high I come to you,
I bring to you glad tidings new;
I bring to you good tidings new;
Of that good news I bring so much,
Thereof both sing and tell I will.

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

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