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Max Reger
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Jesus ist kommen, Op. 67, No. 51 Click to Listen, [0:55]
The Chorale is on the Hauptwerk, and there is a canon in the Pedal (at 1 octave and 1 beat and then at 2 octaves and 1 measure). Instrument: F. A. Mehmel Village Church Organ, St. Andreas Church, Nehringen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (1868) -
Samples by Prof. Helmut Maier

Chorale Text
German:

Jesus ist kommen, Grund ewiger Freude!
A und O, Anfang und Ende steht da.
Gottheit und Menschheit vereinen sich beide;
Schöpfer, wie kommst Du uns Menschen so nah!
Himmel und Erde, erzählet's den Heiden:
Jesus ist kommen, Grund ewiger Freuden.
--Johann Allendorf 1736

English:

Jesus comes, reason for eternal joy!
Alpha and Omega, beginning and end stand there.
Divinity and mankind unite both;
Creator, how have you come so near to us humans!
Sky and earth, tell the nations:
Jesus comes, reason for eternal joy.
--Composite


Audio track was created with Hauptwerk v. 1 software