Schemelli Hymn Book

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Schemelli Hymn Book. Coll. of 954 hymns and 69 tunes (Musikalisches Gesangbuch) pubd. 1736 by Georg Christian Schemelli (b Herzberg, c.1676; d Zeitz, 1762), cantor of Zeitz castle, and ed. by J. S. Bach, who comp. 3 of the tunes and provided or improved the figured basses.

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