Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 438
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 Jos. Klug Songbook 1535
Text
Chorale:
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass


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 Music library, Leipzig; Highschool for Music, Berlin

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