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Johann Kuhnau

Gideon the Savior of the People of Israel  Play

John Butt Harpsichord

Recorded on 01/01/1995, uploaded on 04/03/2016

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Biblical Sonata No. 5 "Gideon the Savior of the People of Israel (Judges 6-7)"

I. Gideon's Doubt Concerning the Victory Promised Him by God; He Tests It in a Contrary Manner.
II. His Fear, Seeing a Great Army of Enemies Come Upon Him.
III. He Takes Heart Again, Hearing What They Had Dreamed of Him Being Expounded to His Enemies.
IV. Gideon Encourages His Soldiers.
 V. The Sound of Trumpets, or Trombones, and the Breaking of the Pitchers, and the Cries of the Fighters.
VI. The Flight of Their Enemies, Pursued by the Israelites.
VII. Their Joy in the Notable Victory.

Recorded in1995

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