Autograph manuscript of the first page of the opening Chorus, <i>Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen</i>, from Part III of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Oratorio" class="extiw" title="en:Christmas Oratorio">Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248</a>, slightly cropped using GIMP software
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Johann_Sebastian_Bach" class="extiw" title="w:en:Johann Sebastian Bach"><span title="German composer (1685–1750)">Johann Sebastian Bach</span></a>
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalSource_source_00000850">[1]</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.bach-digital.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/BachDigitalSource_derivate_00000271/db_bachp0032_page025.jpg">[2]</a> Bach digital archive, Leipzig