Zion Hears The Watchmen Singing

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Composer
J.S. Bach
Arranger
John Shannon
Difficulty
Easy radio_button_checked radio_button_unchecked radio_button_unchecked radio_button_unchecked radio_button_unchecked
Season
Advent Season After Pentecost
Voicing(s)
Unison
Instruments
Keyboard [organ/piano] Violin(s)
Category
Anthems
Collections
Scores for Small Ensembles
Instrumental Only?
No
Description

Unison voices, violin, and organ. An arrangement of the aria Zion hört die Wächter singen from Bach's Cantata 140 (Wachet auf), based on the chorale of the same name. Text translated by Catherine Winkworth.  

Also available as a Chorister Collection Edition, which includes extra materials for use with children.

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Lyrics

Zion hears the watchmen singing,
And all her heart with joy is springing;
She wakes, she rises from her gloom;
For her Lord comes down all glorious,
The strong in grace, in truth victorious.
Her Star is risen, her Light is come.
Ah come, Thou blessèd One, God’s own belovèd Son:
Alleluia! We follow till the halls we see
Where Thou hast bid us sup with Thee.