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My Purchased Files| Text: | Wake, Awake for Night Is Flying |
| Author: | Philipp Nicolai |
| Translator: | Catherine Winkworth |
| Tune: | WACHET AUF |
| Composer (attributed to): | Philipp Nicolai |
| Harmonizer: | Johann Sebastian Bach |
128. Wake, Awake for Night Is Flying
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Wake, awake, for night is flying |
| Title: | Wake, Awake for Night Is Flying |
| Author: | Philipp Nicolai (1599) |
| Translator: | Catherine Winkworth (1858, alt.) |
| Meter: | 898.898.664.88 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Scripture: | ; ; |
| Topic: | Jesus Christ: Advent |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | WACHET AUF |
| Composer (attributed to): | Philipp Nicolai (1599) |
| Harmonizer: | Johann Sebastian Bach (1731) |
| Meter: | 898.898.664.88 |
| Key: | C Major |
Text Information:
German Lutheran pastor Nicolai debated both Catholics and Calvinist Protestants. This majestic hymn has been called 'the King of the Chorales'
Tune Information:
German Lutheran pastor Nicolai debated both Catholics and Calvinist Protestants. This majestic hymn has been called 'the King of the Chorales'
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