Behold! in lowly manger stall, BWV 248-3.8 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

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Music files

  • (Posted 2009-01-14)  CPDL #18429:  Network.png
Editor: Rod Mather (submitted 2009-01-14).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 30 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score.

General Information

Title: Behold! in lowly manger stall
Composer: Valentin Schumann
Arranger: Johann Sebastian Bach
Lyricist: Paul Gerhardt

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SacredChorale

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1539
    2nd published: 1855 in Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 5.2
    3rd published: 1892 in Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 39
    4th published: 1898 in 389 Choralgesänge, no. 323
Opus: BWV 248.3 , mvt. 8
Description: Based on Weinachts Oratorium (Christmas Oratorio), BWV 248III, movement 8, Schaut hin! dort liegt im finstern Stall, stanza 8 of Paul Gerhardt's 1667 hymn, Schaut, schaut, was ist für Wunder dar.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Schaut, schaut, was ist für Wunder dar.

English.png English text

Behold! in lowly manger stall,
The Lord who reigneth over all;
Where fed before the oxen mild,
Now lies the Virgin's holy child.