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KOMM, O KOMM, DU GEIST DES LEBENS (Bach)

Harmonizer: Johann Christoph Bach

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Composer: G. Joseph Breslau

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Tune Information

Title: KOMM, O KOMM, DU GEIST DES LEBENS (Bach)
Harmonizer: Johann Christoph Bach
Composer: G. Joseph Breslau
Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7
Incipit: 31251 27567 11223
Notes: Also known as TROY
Key: F Major
Source: Meiningen Gesangbuch, 1693; C. Gregor Choralbuch, 1784;"Ich begehr nicht mehr zu leben"
Copyright: Public Domain
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Timeline

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Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • An Organist's Book of Hymns: The Liturgical Year: 3 Part Hymns and Chorale Preludes
    Composer/Editor Noel Jones
    Published By: Frog Music (2014) pp. 180
  • The Art of Hymn Playing Volume 2: 250 Preludes Introductions Free Accompaniments & Alternate Harmonizations
    Composer/Editor Charles Callahan
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2009) pp. 94-95
  • Hymn Descants Set 2: With C and B flat Instrument Parts
    Composer/Editor Stanley Drummond Wolff
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1990) pp. 14
  • Free Harmonizations of Hymn Tunes: Volume II
    Composer/Editor D. DeWitt Wasson
    Published By: Hinshaw Music, Inc. (1986) pp. 177
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 29: General: Jes - K
    Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Claudia Stewart Drews
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1984) pp. 37
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 12: Ascension Pentecost: A - N
    Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Hans Klotz
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1982) pp. 35
  • Twenty-One Hymn Introductions Volume IV: Opus 56
    Composer/Editor Jan Bender
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1980) pp. 26
  • Organ Descants for Selected Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor G. Winston Cassler
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1972) pp. 23
  • New Organ Settings for Hymns and Chorales Set II: Opus 22
    Composer/Editor Jan Bender
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1963) pp. 23

Organ Solo

  • Throned in Glory: Three Hymn Settings for Organ
    Composer/Editor Robert J. Powell
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2015) pp. 8
  • The Master Organ Works of Jan Bender Volume 2: Chorale Preludes for Organ (A - L)
    Composer/Editors Jan Bender; David Fienen
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2005) pp. 68
  • The Organist's Companion Volume 24 Number 4 May June 2002: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; Edward W. Beals
    Published By: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. (2002) pp. 3
  • Organ Tapestries Volume 1
    Composer/Editor Mark Sedio
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1999) pp. 10
  • Grace Notes VII
    Composer/Editor Timothy Albrecht
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (1998) pp. 6
  • Grace Notes VI: General Collection for Organ
    Composer/Editor Timothy Albrecht
    Published By: Augsburg Fortress (1997) pp. 8
  • The Organist's Companion Volume 11 Number 3 March 1989 General, Palm Sunday, Easter Sunday, Easter Season, Festivals: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; G. Winston Cassler
    Published By: McAfee Music Corporation (1989) pp. 8, 10, 12
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 29: General: Jes - K
    Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Claudia Stewart Drews
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1984) pp. 36
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 12: Ascension Pentecost: A - N
    Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Hans Klotz
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1982) pp. 34
  • 113 Variations on Hymn Tunes for Organ
    Composer/Editor George Thalben-Ball
    Published By: Novello and Company Limited (1969) pp. 86
  • Chorale - Preludes for the Church Year: From Max Reger Op. 67
    Composer/Editors Max Reger; Alec Wyton
    Published By: Carl Fischer, Inc. (1967) pp. 28
  • Organ Reflections on Fifteen Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor George Lynn
    Published By: Broadman Press (1964) pp. 13
  • Hymntune Preludes for the Organ Volume III: Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity, Special Services
    Composer/Editor G. Winston Cassler
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1962) pp. 7-9
  • Ten Preludes on Hymn Tunes in Free Style: For Organ Opus 85
    Composer/Editor Camil van Hulse
    Published By: Carl Fischer, Inc. (1957) pp. 18
  • The Parish Organist Part Eight: Music for Easter, Ascension, Pentecost and Trinity
    Composer/Editors Erich Goldschmidt; Günter Raphael
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1956) pp. 31
  • 30 Chorale Preludes on Well-Known Hymn Tunes Book 2 Opus 69: For Organ
    Composer/Editor Flor Peeters
    Published By: C. F. Peters Corporation (1950) pp. 31
  • Ten Chorale Preludes for Organ Opus 69: 30 Chorale Preludes On Well-Known Hymn Tunes for Organ
    Composer/Editor Flor Peeters
    Published By: C. F. Peters Corporation (1950) pp. 31
  • 76 Offertories on Hymns & Chorales
    Composer/Editor Albert Beck
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1945) pp. 41

Piano Solo

  • Two-stanza, Hymn-based Voluntaries: For the Church Pianist
    Composer/Editor J. Bruce Ashton
    Published By: J. Bruce Ashton (2015) pp. 36
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Instances

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Ambassador Hymnal #125

Ambassador Hymnal #125
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Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #1184

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #1184
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Christian Worship (1993) #181

Christian Worship (1993) #181
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Christian Worship #588

Christian Worship #588
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Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #421

Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #421
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Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #438

Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #438
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Glaubenslieder #490

Glaubenslieder #490

Hymns and Psalms #149b

Hymns and Psalms #149b
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Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #562

Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #562

Lutheran Worship #165

Lutheran Worship #165
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Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #646

Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #646
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Singing the New Testament #224

Singing the New Testament #224
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Small Church Music #1385

Small Church Music #1385
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Small Church Music #2385

Small Church Music #2385
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Śpiewnik Ewangelicki #215

Śpiewnik Ewangelicki #215

Śpiewnik Ewangelicki #224

Śpiewnik Ewangelicki #224

Śpiewnik Ewangelicki #811

Śpiewnik Ewangelicki #811

The Book of Praise #272

The Book of Praise #272
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The Hymnal 1982 #596

The Hymnal 1982 #596
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The Presbyterian Hymnal #512

The Presbyterian Hymnal #512
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