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O wie selig Click to Listen [1:31]
From the Eleven Preludes for organ, which place Lutheran hymnody in lyrically romantic settings. Instrument: Buzard Opus 3 (1986) - Samples by Brett Milan

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Chorale Text
German:

O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen,
Die ihr durch den Tod zu Gott gekommen!
Ihr seid entgangen
Aller Not, die uns noch hält gefangen.
--Simon Dach, 1635

English:

Oh how blessed, faithful souls, are ye,
Who have passed through death; your God ye see,
Escaped at last
From all the sorrows that yet hold us fast!
--trans. by Catherine Winkworth, 1855


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