Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 1091
Title The old year now hath passed away
Composed 1708, Weimar
Key D-Minor
Scoring

Organ
Movements Chorale
Category Neumeister collection of Yale University
Event New Year
Author of text Johann Steurlein 1588
Text

The old year now hath passed away,
The old year now hath passed away,
We thank Thee, O our God today
That Thou hast kept us through the year,
When danger and distress were near,
When danger and distress were near.
Manuscript Yale University, New Haven

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