Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 695
Title Christ lay in Death`s grim prison
Composed 1708, Weimar
Key D-Minor
Scoring

Organ
Movements Chorale
Category Chorales from Kirnberger collection
Event Easter
Author of text Martin Luther, 1524
Text

Christ lay in Death`s grim prison,
for our offences given;
But now the Lord is ris'n today,
And brings us life from heaven;
Wherefore let us all rejoice,
And praise our God with cheerful voice,
And sing loud Alleluias, Alleluia!
Manuscript Music library, Leipzig; Yale University, New Haven; Johann Sebastian Bach Institute, Goettingen; Bach Archive, Leipzig, Central library, Zurich; Estate Johann Philipp Kirnberger

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