Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4, is a cantata for Easter by German composer Johann Sebastian Bach, one of his earliest church cantatas. It is agreed to be an early work partly for stylistic reasons
The restored Wender organ which Bach played in Arnstadt at the New Church (now the Bach Church)
Portrait of the young Bach (disputed)
Portrait of Martin Luther, c. 1529. Luther wrote the text of the hymn and derived the melody from a traditional older tune.
Organ of Divi Blasii in Mühlhausen, where the cantata was possibly first performed
Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, BWV 66.2, BWV 66, is a church cantata for Easter by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it for the Second Day of Easter in Leipzig and first performed it on 10 April 1724. He
Nikolaikirche, Leipzig, 1749 engraving
Christ with Two Disciples, by Rembrandt