BWV 746 Christ is arisen

Johann Sebastian Bach

BWV	746
Title	Christ is arisen
Composed	Unknown
Key	D-Minor
Scoring	Organ
Movements	Chorale
Category	Chorales
Event	Easter
Author of text	Martin Luther, 1529
Text	Christ is arisen From the grave's dark prison! So let us all be joyful; He is our Savior faithful. Alleluia! Had he not arisen We had been still in prison. But now He's vanquished Hell and Death, We laud Him with our loudest breath! Alleluia! Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Come let us all be joyful; Christ is our Savior faithful. Alleluia!
Manuscript	Music library, Leipzig; Yale University, New Haven; Estate Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy; Bodleian library, Oxford