1. Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

Composer	Johann Sebastian Bach
Key	a minor
Meter	2/2 → 3/4
Length	93 measures

German text	English translation
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland,	Now come, savior of the gentiles,
Der Jungfrauen Kind erkannt,	Known as child of the virgin;
Des sich wundert alle Welt,	Of this, all the world marvels:
Gott solch Geburt ihm bestellt.	God ordained him such a birth.
	transl. Michael Marissen and Daniel R. Melamed

About the text

• Author: Erdmann Neumeister
• Text references: first verse of Veni redemptor gentium, Martin Luther’s German translation of 1524 (Dürr 2005, 76) (verbatim)
• Scripture readings for the day: Romans 13:11–13:14; Matthew 21:1–21:9

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Notes

Resources

• Full score: Neue Bach-Ausgabe I/1, p. 3
• Background: Alfred Dürr, Cantatas of J. S. Bach (Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 75
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