1)

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
(feat. Lili Haydn)
Josh Groban
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Josh Groban) 

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Jesu’
joy of man’s
desiring

Thou
whose love
shines down
like a guiding
light

Drawn
to Thee
with souls
aspiring

Through
our Father
we reach
a celestial
height

Son of God
we pray we may
reach
Thee

May
we live in peace
we beseech
Thee

Open doors
of truth
unknown

As
Thy love
comes down
from the heavenly
throne

Teach us
from Thy heavenly
throne

Open
doors of
truth unknown

As
Thy love
comes down
from the heavenly
throne

-Composed by
Johann Sebastian Bach
in 1723-

 

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
(or simply “Joy”) is the most common
English title of a piece of music
derived from a chorale setting of
the cantata Herz und Mund und
Tat und Leben, BWV 147
(“Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life”),
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
in 1723.

The same music
on different stanzas of a chorale
closes both parts of
the cantata.

A transcription
by the English pianist
Myra Hess (1890–1965) was
published in 1926 for piano solo
and in 1934 for piano duet.

It is often performed
slowly and reverently
at wedding ceremonies,

as well as during
Christian festive seasons
like Christmas and Easter.

 

2)

Vienna Boys’ Choir ~
Christmas Album

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