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Dietrich Buxtehude
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Puer natus in Bethlehem, BuxWV 217 Click to Listen [1:24]
A pensive setting with the chorale relatively unadorned. Registered and recorded by Jonathan Orwig - here is his registration: GT Flute Harmonique 8'; SW Gambe 8 + Voix celeste 8'; CH Erzahler 8' + Unda Maris 8'; SW and CH coupled PD Bourdon 16' with Bourdon 32' added on last chord. Instrument: 3 manual version of Schantz at First Baptist Church of Riverside, California (1966) sampled by Jonathan Orwig

Chorale Text
Latin:
Puer Natus in Bethlehem,
Unde gaudeat Jerusalem. Alleluja! Alleluja!

English:
A Child is born in Bethlehem,
Exult for joy, Jerusalem! Alleluia! Alleluia!
--Tr. H. M. MacGill


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