"Nun lasst uns den Leib begraben" ("now let us bury the body"; second word also spelled as "laßt" or "lasset") is a Lutheran hymn for funerals. Its text author is Michael Weiße.[1] It is for instance included in the Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch.[2]
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Johann Sebastian Bach set its hymn tune, Zahn No. 352,[3] as a chorale prelude for organ: Nun lasset uns den Leib begraben, BWV 1111, one of the Neumeister Chorales.