Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 612
Title Come Christian folk
Composed 1713, Weimar
Key G-Minor
Scoring

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

Come Christian folk, come Christian folk,
Your joy be spoke,
For Christ is born ad man salvation bringeth.
Who to Him cleaves,
In faith believes,
Shall never die, but life in heaven receiveth.
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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