Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 257
Title Were God not with us all this time
Composed Unknown
Scoring

Choir for 4 voices
Movements Chorale: Were God not with us all this time
Category Chorale
Event -
Author of text Joseph Klug Songbook 1535
Text
Chorale: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass

Were God not with us all this time,
Then let Israel say it:
Were God not with us all this time,
We would have surely lost courage,
For such a tiny band we are,
Despised by so much of mankind,
They all oppose us ever.
Manuscript Music library, Leipzig; Highschool for Music, Berlin

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