- Lob sei dem allmächtigen Gott, BWV 602
[1:23]
The tune is based on the plainchant "Conditor alme siderum," still sung in churches today as "Creator of the Stars of Night." Chorale is soloed out on
the Zwelwerk (modified Cornet and for the Prelude a bolstered Schalmei).
Midi File available.
Instrument:
Vermeulen Brothers Organ at Congregation "Vloedschuur," Heteren, Holland (1959) -
Samples by Hauptwerk.nl
- Chorale Text
German:
Lob sei dem allmächtigen Gott,
der unser sich erbarmet hat,
gesandt sein allerliebsten Sohn
aus ihm geborn im höchsten Thron.
English:
To God we render thanks and praise,
Who pitied mankind's fallen race,
And gave His dear and only Son,
That us, as children, He might own.
--Tr. Moravian Hymn Book
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