Sleepers, Wake! A Voice Astounds Us
For Advent
Words: Wachet
auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Philipp Nicolai, 1599
Trans. Carl P. Daw, Jr. (1944-)
Words are copyright
See #61 and 62 in The Hymnal 1982
Music: "Nach," Hans Sachs (1494-1576),
adapted by Philipp
Nicolai (1556-1608)
arr. and harm. Johann
Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
MIDI / Noteworthy
Composer / XML
Meter: Irr.
Note: The text on which it is based is the parable of the ten virgins in Matthew 25 1 13, and other scriptural passages. For a list of translations, see "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme."
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