BWV 626 Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour

Johann Sebastian Bach

BWV	626
Title	Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour
Composed	1713, Weimar
Key	A-Minor
Scoring	Organ
Movements	Chorale
Category	Orgelbuechlein
Event	Easter
Author of text	Martin Luther, 1524
Text	Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour Who freed us from the wrath of God; By His bitter grief and death Saved us from the pains of Hell. Thou shalt hold Thy faith unshaken That Communion thus be taken By the sick with sinful heart, Full of woe and torn apart.
YouTube	Video 1
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