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Text:How brightly beams
Author:Johann Adolf Schlegel, 1721-1793
Translator:Catherine Winkworth, 1829-1878
Tune:WIE SCHON LEUCHTET
Composer (melody):Philipp Nicolai, 1556 - 1608
Harmonizer:J.S. Bach, 1685 - 1750

152. How brightly beams

Text Information
First Line: How brightly beams the morning star!
Title: How brightly beams
Translator: Catherine Winkworth, 1829-1878
Author: Johann Adolf Schlegel, 1721-1793
Meter: 8 8 7 D 8 4 4 8
Language: English
Publication Date: 1972
Topic: Christ, the Lord Jesus: The Light; God: His Being, Word and Works: God the Son: His Nativity: Epiphany; Stars
Tune Information
Name: WIE SCHON LEUCHTET
Composer (melody): Philipp Nicolai, 1556 - 1608
Harmonizer: J.S. Bach, 1685 - 1750
Meter: 8 8 7 D 8 4 4 8
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Later form of melody



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