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Text:Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Author:Philippus Nicolai, 1556-1608
Translator (English):Francis Crowford Burkitt
Tune:[Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme]
Arranger:Jak. Praetorius

116. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

Text Information
First Line: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Author: Philippus Nicolai, 1556-1608
Translator (English): Francis Crowford Burkitt
Language: English; German
Publication Date: 1960
Topic: Advent; Avent; Christian Hope (2 more...)
Source: French tr.: Eglise et Liturgie, L'Office divin (1947)
Copyright: English tr. from the English Hymnal, by permission of Oxford University Press
Notes: English tr. now public domain
Tune Information
Name: [Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme]
Arranger: Jak. Praetorius (1604)
Key: C Major
Source: Melodie 1599



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