Story Behind the Song
The Phantom Organist found a couple of sounds that approximate the delicacy and vulnerability of the clavichord and he liked the Viola with the Quintadena so much that he made an extra repeat of the second half.
Lyrics
German:
Jesu, meine Zuversicht
Und mein Heiland, ist im Leben.
Dieses weiss ich, sollt ich nicht
Darum mich zufrieden geben,
Was die lange Todesnacht
Mir auch für Gedanken macht?
--Anonymous, Berlin, 1653
English:
Jesus Christ, my sure Defence
And my Saviour, ever liveth;
Knowing this, my confidence
Rests upon the hope it giveth,
Though the night of death be fraught
Still with many an anxious thought.
--tr. Catherine Winkworth
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