Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 607
Title To shepherds, as they watched by night
Composed 1713, Weimar
Key G-Minor
Scoring

Organ
Movements Chorale
Category Orgelbuechlein
Event Christmas
Author of text Martin Luther, 1543
Text

To shepherds, as they watched by night,
Appeared a troop of Angels bright;
Behold the tender babe, they said,
In yonder lowly manger laid.
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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