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Johann Sebastian Bach

1685 - 1750

Lutheran

Biography

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German Lutheran composer, organist, Kapellmeister, and church musician. His Cantata BWV 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, includes the chorale movements that made WERDE MUNTER famous in the form now widely known in English as Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. Bach did not write the original melody or the English text, but his 1723 setting gave the tune its enduring musical identity. His sacred music remains central to Lutheran and wider Christian musical heritage.

Hymns by Johann Sebastian Bach

Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands

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Jesus Joy of Our Desiring

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Jesus Priceless Treasure

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O Christ, the Healer

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O Food to Pilgrims Given

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O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright

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O Sacred Head, Now Wounded

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Savior of the Nations, Come

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The Day Is Past and Over

Thou Hidden Love of God

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Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying

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