Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 610
Title Jesus, my true pleasure
Composed 1708, Weimar
Key D-Minor
Scoring

Organ

Movements Chorale
Category Orgelbuechlein
Event Christmas
Author of text Johann Franck (1618-1677)
Text

Jesus, my true pleasure,
Of my heart the pasture,
Jesus, my delight,
Ah how long, how long now
Is my heart made anxious
As it longs for thee!
God's true lamb, my bridegroom thou,
More than thee to me on earth now
Shall nought be more treasured.

Manuscript Estate Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy; Bodleian library, Oxford; Music library, Leipzig; Johann Sebastian Bach Institute, Goettingen; Conservatory, Brussels; Yale University, New Haven; University library, Warzawa

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