Johann Sebastian Bach (March 1685 – July 1750) born in Eisenach, was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.

Known for his prolific output across many forms of music, he is regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music.

He died in Leipzig in July 1750.

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The soprano aria Nur ein Wink von seinen Händen is from The Christmas Oratorio (German: Weihnachtsoratorium), BWV 248

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German text.

Nur ein Wink von seinen Händen
stürzt ohnmächtger Menschen Macht.
Hier wird alle Kraft verlacht!
Spricht der Höchste nur ein Wort,
seiner Feinde Stolz zu enden,
o, so müssen sich sofort
Sterblicher Gedanken

English text

Just a wave from his hands
overthrows the power of powerless people.
All power is laughed at here!
If the Most High speaks only one word,
his enemies' pride is ended,
Oh, mortals, immediately change your attitudes.

International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) pronunciation of the German text.

nˈur ˈɛin wˈiŋk vˈon seˈinen hˈanden
stˈurt͡st onmaktd͡ʒˈɛr mˈensken mˈakt.
jˈɛr wˈird ˈalle krˈaft vˈɛrlakt!
sprˈikt dˈɛr ˈokste nˈur ˈɛin wˈɔrt,
seinˈɛr feˈinde stˈɔlt͡s d͡zˈu ˈenden,
ˈɔː, sˈɔ mˈus͡sen sˈit͡ʃ sˈofort
sterblikˈɛr d͡ʒedˈaŋken