- O wie selig
[1:30]
From the Eleven Preludes for organ, which place Lutheran hymnody in lyrically romantic settings.
Instrument:
Harmonium Mannborg Leipzig (c. 1900)
Samples by Paul Delferriere
- 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
Audio track was created with Hauptwerk v. 1 software
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