Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 718
Title Christ lay in Death`s grim prison
Composed 1703, Arnstadt
Key E-Minor
Scoring

Organ
Movements Chorale
Category Chorales
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; Hessisch Country and Highschool library, Darmstadt, Estate Aloys Fuchs; Estate Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy; Bodleian library, Oxford; Universitäty library, Warzawa; Royal library, Kopenhavn; Royal library, Brussels; Highschool for Music, Berlin

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