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283. Christ lag in Todesbanden

Text Information
First Line: Christ Jesus lay in death’s strong bands
Title: Christ lag in Todesbanden
Author: Martin Luther 1483-1546
Translator: Richard Massie 1800-87 (alt.)
Meter: 87.87.78.74
Publication Date: 1977
Tune Information
Name: CHRIST LAG IN TODESBANDEN
Composer (melody): Martin Luther 1483-1546
Key: d minor or modal
Source: adapted from an 11th-cent. Latin Sequence



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