Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 618
Title O Lamb of God all holy
Composed 1713, Weimar
Key F-Major
Scoring

Organ
Movements Chorale
Category Orgelbuechlein
Event Lent
Author of text Nicolaus Rostock, 1531
Text

O Lamb of God all holy,
Who on the Cross didst sufer,
And patient still and lowly,
Thyself to scorn didst offer:
Our sins by Thee were taken,
Or hope had us forsaken:
Have mercy upon us, o Jesu.

Have mercy upon us, O Jesu.
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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