Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 611
Title Now praise we Christ, the Holy one
Composed 1713, Weimar
Key D-Minor
Scoring

Organ
Movements Chorale
Category Orgelbuechlein
Event Second Christmas Day
Author of text Unknown
Text

Now praise we Christ, the Holy one,
The spotless virgin Mary's Son,
Far as the blessed sun doth shine,
E'en to the world's remote confine.
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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