Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 1123
Title Where God does not give favor to the house
Composed Unknown
Scoring

Choir for 4 voices
Movements Chorale: Where God does not give favor to the house
Category Chorale
Event -
Author of text Johann Kolrose, 1525
Text

Where God does not give favor to the house,
All who work there work in vain;
Where God doesn't guard the city,
They who guard it are powerless.
Manuscript -

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