1000 Songs/Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands (Martin Luther)

'''Christ Jesus lay in death's strong bands (Martin Luther) Christ lag in Todesnbanden'''

1000 Songs

Text
http://www.hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh319.shtc. 1100

Author
Martin Luther 1533

Translations/Challenges
Latin Melody based on Christ is erstanden. Translated from German to English by Richard Massie

Music
There are seven versed that celebrate Jesus' resurrection that also talks about His struggles between Life and Death. The third verse comes from 1 Corinthians 15. The melody has quite a bit of sequence.

Tune
The Tune is "Christ lag in Todesbanden"

Arrangements
The original song was written by Bach. Richard Massie translated this piece in 1854