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- ↑ Robin A. Leaver Luther's Liturgical Music: Principles and Implications - 2007 -- Page 55 "It appears that the Latin text was added by Conrad Rupsch, the former Kapellmeister of Frederick the Wise and collaborator with Luther on the Deutsche Messe."
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