Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He wrote the Christmas cantata in Leipzig in 1724 for Christmas Day and first performed it on 25 December. It is ba
Martin Luther, author of the hymn, in 1525, by Lucas Cranach the Elder
Christmas Oratorio
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The Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach intended for performance in church during the Christmas season. It is in six parts, each part a cantata intended for performanc
First page of the manuscript of the score
First two pages of the libretto of Bach's Christmas Oratorio, as printed in 1734.
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