Text:Christ lay awhile in death's strong bands
Author:Martin Luther
Translator:Richard Massie
Tune:CHRIST LAG IN TODESBANDEN
Version of:Johann Sebastian Bach

611. Christ lay awhile in death's strong bands

Text Information
First Line: Christ lay awhile in death's strong bands
Title: Christ lay awhile in death's strong bands
German Title: Christ lag in Todesbanden
Translator: Richard Massie (1854)
Author: Martin Luther (1524)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1969
Topic: Choral Hymns
Tune Information
Name: CHRIST LAG IN TODESBANDEN
Version of: Johann Sebastian Bach (c. 1740)
Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.8.7.4.
Key: d minor or modal
Source: Melody adapted from Christ ist erstanden in 1524



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