Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 1089
Title When on the Cross the Savior hung
Composed 1742, Leipzig
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Choir for 4 voices
Movements Chorale: When on the Cross the Savior hung
Category Chorale
Event -
Author of text Unknown
Text

When on the Cross the Savior hung,
And that sore load that on Him weigh'd
With bitter pangs His nature wrung,
Seven words amid His pain He said;
Oh let then well to heart be laid!
Manuscript -

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