BWV 244b Jesus I'll not let leave me

Johann Sebastian Bach

BWV	BWV 244b
Title	Jesus I'll not let leave me
Composed	1727 or 1729, Leipzig
Scoring	Choir for 4 voices Bass solo Travers flute I + II Oboe d`amore I + II Violin I + II Viola Basso continuo
Movements	Chorale: Jesus I'll not let leave me (Movement 29, BWV 244) Aria (Bass): Komm süsses Kreuz (Movement 57, BWV 244)
Category	Passion (First Composition of St. Matthew Passion copied by Johann Christoph Altnickol 1741)
Event	Unknown
Author of text	Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander)
Text Chorale: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass Basso continuo Aria: Bass solo Lute Basso continuo	Jesus I'll not let leave me, I will ever walk beside him; Christ doth let me more and more To the spring of life be guided. Blessed he who saith with me: This my Jesus I'll not leave. Come, O sweet cross, thus I'll confess it: My Jesus, give it evermore! Whene'er my burden be too grave, Then thou thyself dost help me bear it.
Manuscript	Estate C. Ph. E. Bach; Royal library, Copenhavn