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Text:Sleepers, Wake
Author:Philip Nicolai
Translator:Jay Macpherson
Tune:WACHET AUF
Adapter:Philip Nicolai
Composer:Hans Sachs
Harmonizer:Johann Sebastian Bach

711. Sleepers, Wake

Text Information
First Line: "Sleepers, wake!" the watch are calling
Title: Sleepers, Wake
Author: Philip Nicolai (1658)
Translator: Jay Macpherson (1970)
Meter: 8 9 8 D 6 6 4 8 8
Publication Date: 1996
Topic: A New Heaven and A New Earth: Completion of Creation and City of God; Angels; Christian Year: Advent (37 more...)
Copyright: © Jay Macpherson
Tune Information
Name: WACHET AUF
Composer: Hans Sachs (ca. 1513)
Adapter: Philip Nicolai (1599)
Harmonizer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1731)
Meter: 8 9 8 D 6 6 4 8 8
Key: C Major



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