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Text:Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Author:Philippus Nicolai, 1556-1608
Translator (English):G. R. Woodward
Translator (French):Pauline Martin
Tune:[Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern]
Composer:Philippus Nicolai, 1556-1608

10. Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern

Text Information
First Line: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Author: Philippus Nicolai, 1556-1608
Translator (French): Pauline Martin (1950)
Translator (English): G. R. Woodward (1910)
Language: French; German
Publication Date: 1960
Topic: Praise and Adoration; Lob und Anbetung; Louange et Adoration (6 more...)
Copyright: English tr. by permission of Schott and Co. Ltd., London for the owners of the copyright o G. R. Woodward's "Songs of Syon"
Notes: English tr. now Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern]
Composer: Philippus Nicolai, 1556-1608 (1598)
Key: E♭ Major



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