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Text:Sleepers, Wake!
Author:Philipp Nicolai, 1556-1608
Translator:Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944
Tune:WACHET AUF
Composer:Philipp Nicolai, 1556-1608
Harmonizer:J. S. Bach, 1685-1750

409. Sleepers, Wake!

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Text Information
First Line: "Sleepers wake!" A voice astounds us
Title: Sleepers, Wake!
Author: Philipp Nicolai, 1556-1608
Translator: Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944
Meter: 89 8 89 8 66 4 88
Language: English
Publication Date: 2011
Topic: Advent; Ordinary Time, Thirty-Second Sunday: A
Copyright: © 1982, Hope Publishing Company
Tune Information
Name: WACHET AUF
Composer: Philipp Nicolai, 1556-1608
Harmonizer: J. S. Bach, 1685-1750
Meter: 89 8 89 8 66 4 88
Key: C Major



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