Writer
Gottfried Wilhelm Sacer
Gottfried Wilhelm Sacer (11 July 1635 – 8 September 1699) was a German jurist, poet, satirist and Protestant hymn writer. He worked as an advocate at the court of Wolfenbüttel. Johann Sebastian Bach used a stanza from his hymn "Gott fähret auf gen Himmel" to conclude his Ascension Oratorio.
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Gottfried Wilhelm Sacer: 1 song in WorshipCommons with free chord charts and lyrics — Lo, God To Heav'n Ascendeth.
Songs
- Lo, God To Heav'n Ascendeth · 1661