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BWV 696
Title Now praise we Christ, the Holy one
Composed Unknown
Key D-Minor
Scoring

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

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