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Johann Sebastian Bach
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Erstanden Ist Der Heil'ge Christ, BWV 628 Click to Listen, [1:27]
Upward (and downward) surging scale passages join with upward (and downward) skips of a fourth (or fifth) create a satisfying swirl. Registration: Chorale: Zwelwerk Schalmei 8' coupled to HW Holpijp 8' + Octaaf 4' and to PD Subbas 16'; Prelude: As above, but Octaaf 2' added to Zwelwerk and Gedekt 8' to PD. With impulse reverberation. Instrument: Vermeulen Brothers Organ at Congregation "Vloedschuur," Heteren, Holland (1959) - Samples by Hauptwerk.nl

Chorale Text
German:
Erstanden ist der heil'ge Christ,
Halleluja! Halleluja!
Der aller Welt ein Tröster ist,
Halleluja! Halleluja!

English:
The blessed Christ is ris'n today,
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Of all mankind to be the stay.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
--Tr. Anon.


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