“The Day Is Surely Drawing Near” (Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit), text by Bartholomäus Ringwaldt (1586). Setting by Johannes Eccard (1597). Polyphonic, SAATB.
Recording of stanzas 1, 3, and 6. Mount Hope Lutheran School Kammerchor, December 2022.
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Johannes Eccard
Johannes Eccard (1553-1611) was a composer and chapel master in Konigsburg and Brandenburg, Germany. He is especially known for his beautiful polyphonic settings of Lutheran chorales. Read full biography.
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Bartholomäus Ringwaldt, ELH 538, Es ist gewisslich, hymn-based, LSB 508, TLH 611
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