Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 255
Title Alas, my God, my sins are great
Composed Unknown
Scoring

Choir for 4 voices

Movements Chorale: Alas, my God, my sins are great
Category Chorale
Event -
Author of text As hymnodus sacer, Leipzig 1625
Text
Chorale:
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass


Alas, my God, my sins are great,
My conscience doth upbraid me;
And now I find that at my strait
No man hath power to aid me.

Manuscript Music library, Leipzig; Highschool for Music, Berlin

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