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Gott, unser Festtag ist gekommen

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Author: Detlev Block

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First Line: Gott, unser Festtag ist gekommen
Author: Detlev Block (1978/1982)
Language: German
Copyright: © Detlev Block
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Tune

O DASS ICH TAUSEND ZUNGEN HÄTTE (König)

Johann Balthaser König (b. Waltershausen, near Gotha, Germany, 1691; d. Frankfurt, Germany, 1758) composed this tune, which later became associated with Johann Mentzer's hymn "O dass ich tausend Zungen hätte" (Oh, That I Had a Thousand Voices). The harmonization is from the Wurttembergische Choral…

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Evangelisches Gesangbuch (Bayern, Mitteldeutschland, Thüringen) #583

Evangelisches Gesangbuch (Bayern, Mitteldeutschland, Thüringen) #583
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