Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 407
Title Oh we poor sinners!
Composed Unknown
Scoring

Choir for 4 voices

Movements Chorale: Oh we poor sinners!
Category Chorale
Event -
Author of text Lucas Lossius 1561
Text
Chorale:
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass


Oh we poor sinners!
Our misdeeds,
Which we received and were born with
Have brought us into so large an emergency
That we are subjected to eternal death.
Lord , have mercy!
Christ, have mercy!
Lord, have mercy!

Manuscript Music library, Leipzig; Highschool for Music, Berlin

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