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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
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Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland Click to Listen [3:31]
First variation has Chorale on RP: Kryt 8' + Fletna 4' + Quinta 3'; second voice on HW: Bourdon Fletna 8' + Fugara 4'. Second variation has Chorale on RP: Kryt 8' + Fletna 4' + Octava 2 + Sesquialter 2x; secondvoice on HW: Bourdon Fletna 8' + Octava 4'. Third variation has right hand on RP: Kryt 4' + Principal 2'; left hand on HW: Bourdon Fletna 8' + Fugara 4'. Chorale on Pedal ChoralBass 4', played an octave lower. Extra close miking. Instrument: Virtual organ set from 1698 Starck organ at Monastery Church of Zlata Koruna, Czech Republic - Samples by Jiri Zurek

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Chorale Text
German:
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland,
Der Jungfrauen Kind erkannt,
Dess sich wundert alle Welt,
Gott solch Geburt ihm Bestellt.
--by Martin Luther, 1524

English:
Savior of the [Gentiles], come,
Virgin's Son, here make Thy throne,
Wonder at it, heaven and earth,
That the Lord chose such a birth.
--Richard Massie


Audio track was created with Hauptwerk v. 1 software

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