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DU FRIEDENSFÜRST, HERR JESU CHRIST

DU FRIEDENSFÜRST, HERR JESU CHRIST

Composer: Bartholomäus Gesius (1601)
Published in 16 hymnals


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Composer: Bartholomäus Gesius

Bartholomaeus Gesius; b. 1555, Muencheberg, near Frankfort; d. 1613 or 14, Wittenberg Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908 Go to person page >

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Title: DU FRIEDENSFÜRST, HERR JESU CHRIST
Composer: Bartholomäus Gesius (1601)
Meter: 7.6.7.6.8.8
Incipit: 31235 44354 32233
Key: B♭ Major/F Major or modal
Copyright: Public Domain
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  • Thirty New Settings of Familiar Hymn Tunes: Pipe Organ and Hammond Registration
    Composer/Editor Harald Rohlig
    Published By: Abingdon Press (1963) pp. 17
  • 55 Hymn Intonations
    Composer/Editor Harald Rohlig
    Published By: Abingdon Press (1962) pp. 17

Organ Solo

  • Chorale Preludes by Old Masters Volume I: For Organ
    Composer/Editors Karl Straube; Johann Bernhard Bach
    Published By: Masters Music Publications, Inc. (1991) pp. 12
  • Thirty New Settings of Familiar Hymn Tunes: Pipe Organ and Hammond Registration
    Composer/Editor Harald Rohlig
    Published By: Abingdon Press (1963) pp. 17
  • The Church Organist's Golden Treasury Volume One -- An Anthology of Choral Preludes: Carl F. Pfatteicher
    Composer/Editors Archibald T. Davison; Johann Bernhard Bach
    Published By: Oliver Ditson Company (1949) pp. 123
  • Chorale Preludes of Old Masters Volume I: For Organ
    Composer/Editors Karl Straube; Johann Bernhard Bach
    Published By: C. F. Peters Corporation (1915) pp. 12
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Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #825

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #825
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Evangelisches Gesangbuch (Bayern, Mitteldeutschland, Thüringen) #422

Evangelisches Gesangbuch (Bayern, Mitteldeutschland, Thüringen) #422
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The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #590

The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #590
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The Cyber Hymnal #1170

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The United Methodist Hymnal #683

The United Methodist Hymnal #683
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