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Text:To You, O Kindly Jesus Christ
Author:Thomas Hanson Kingo (1634-1703)
Translator:Anitra Hansen, SSJD (1936-)
Tune:EISENACH
Adapter:Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630)
Harmonizer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

79. To You, O Kindly Jesus Christ

Text Information
First Line: To you, O kindly Jesus Christ
Title: To You, O Kindly Jesus Christ
Author: Thomas Hanson Kingo (1634-1703)
Translator: Anitra Hansen, SSJD (1936-)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1998
Scripture: ;
Topic: Eucharist
Copyright: Tr. © The Sisterhood of St. John the Divine
Tune Information
Name: EISENACH
Adapter: Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630) (alt.)
Harmonizer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Meter: LM
Key: D Major
Source: Das ander Theil, 1605
Notes: Higher key and alt setting 644



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