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Johann Sebastian Bach
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Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 660 Click to Listen [2:47] (a=466 Hz)
A perky, maybe even quirky setting of the Advent Hymn, "Come, Savior of the Gentiles," on three dynamic levels. Young Temperament. Instrument: The Hinsz-Organ at Leens in the province of Groningen (1733/34) - Samples by Hauptwerk.nl

Chorale Text
German:
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland,
Der Jungfrauen Kind erkannt,
Dess sich wundert alle Welt,
Gott solch Geburt ihm Bestellt.
--by Martin Luther, 1524

English:
Savior of the [Gentiles], come,
Virgin's Son, here make Thy throne,
Wonder at it, heaven and earth,
That the Lord chose such a birth.
--Richard Massie


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