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Text:What Joy to Join the Chorus
Author:Johann Walter, 1496-1570
Translator (st. 1):Michael D. Schultz, b. 1963
Translator (sts. 2-4):Matthias Loy, 1828-1915
Tune:ACH GOTT VOM HIMMELREICHE
Arranger:Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621

882. What Joy to Join the Chorus

Text Information
First Line: What joy to join the chorus
Title: What Joy to Join the Chorus
Author: Johann Walter, 1496-1570 (abr.)
Translator (st. 1): Michael D. Schultz, b. 1963
Translator (sts. 2-4): Matthias Loy, 1828-1915 (alt.)
Meter: 76 76 D
Language: English
Publication Date: 2021
Scripture: ; ; ;
Topic: Church Triumphant
Copyright: Tr. st. 1 © 2021 Northwestern Publishing House
Tune Information
Name: ACH GOTT VOM HIMMELREICHE
Arranger: Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621
Meter: 76 76 D
Key: G Major or modal
Source: Musae Sioniae, VII. Wolfenbüttel, 1609
Copyright: Public Domain



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