Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 755
Title Rejoice, dear Christians
Composed Unknown
Key G-Major
Scoring

Organ
Movements Chorale
Category Chorales
Event Thanksgiving
Author of text Martin Luther, 1523
Text

Rejoice, dear Christians, and let us joyfully
leap and sing together with pleasure and love,
comforted by what God has done for us
and his sweet miracle.
He has gained us at a very high price.
Manuscript Music library, Leipzig; Yale University, New Haven; Estate Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy; Bodleian library, Oxford

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