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Text:Wake, awake, for night is flying
Author:Philip Nicolai
Translator:Catherine Winkworth
Tune:SLEEPERS, WAKE
Arranger and Harmonizer:J. S. Bach
Composer:Philip Nicolai

3. Wake, awake, for night is flying

Text Information
First Line: Wake, awake, for night is flying
Author: Philip Nicolai (1597)
Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1858, alt.)
Meter: 898. 898. 664. 448
Publication Date: 1940
Topic: Advent; Advent IV: Morning Prayer General; Advent IV: The Holy Communion General
Tune Information
Name: SLEEPERS, WAKE
Composer: Philip Nicolai (1599)
Arranger and Harmonizer: J. S. Bach (1731)
Meter: 898. 898. 664. 448
Key: C Major



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