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Dietrich Buxtehude
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Der Tag, Der Ist So Freudenreich, BuxWV 182 Click to Listen, [3:22] (Kirnberger II mod. , f(A3)=468 Hz)
Typically exuberant Chorale ornamentation with melody plunging into the depths at the end. RH Chorale on Positiv: Grossgedeckt 8' + Spitzflöte 4' + Flöte Gedeckt 4' + Octava 2' + Quinta 1 1/3; all the other parts (would need some extra help from coupled pedal) on Hauptwerk Viola di Gamba 8' + Quintatoene 8' + Kleingedeckt 4'. Instrument: Johann Adam Ehrlich organ at Evangelische Stadtkirche / Bad Wimpfen, Germany (1748) - Samples by Gernot Wurst

Chorale Text
German:
Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich
aller Creature,
von eier Jungfrau ist gebor'n,
Maria du bist ausserkor'n,
dass du Mutter wärest.
Was geschah so wunderlich?
Gottes Sohn vom Himmelreich,
der ist Mensch geboren.

English:
O hail this brightest day of days,
All good Christian people!
Of maiden pure He is the Son;
Forever shall Thy praise be sung,
Christ's fair Mother Mary!
Ever was there news so great?
God's own Son from heaven's high state
Is born the Son of Mary!
--Tr. C.S. Terry

Audio track was created with Hauptwerk v. 1 software