Bach, Music, and Liberty
Among the names engraved on the limestone walls of the Luther's Hymns and Bach's Chorals. We exhibit here some of the melodies from those works.
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A moving hymn by Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott, was put to Johann Sebastian Bach. The themes of faith and freedom have spoken powerfully to Protestants ever since:
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This score at the left is from The Hymns of Martin Luther. |
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Gottes Sohn ist kommen (Anon. 1531)
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Valet will ich dir geben (Melchior Teschner 1614)
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