Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 509
Title Be mindful yet, my soul, remember
Composed 1725, Leipzig
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Movements Aria: Be mindful yet, my soul, remember
Category Spiritual Arias and Songs (Notenbuch of Anna Magdalena Bach)
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Aria


Be mindful yet, my soul, remember
The grave and that the bell will toll
When I shall to my rest be ushered,
So that I may in wisdom die.
Inscribe this word in heart and breast:
Be mindful that thou too must die.

Manuscript Notenbuch der Anna Magdalena Bach 1733/1734

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