Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV

635
Title These are the holy ten commands
Composed 1713, Weimar
Key G-Major
Scoring

Organ
Movements Chorale
Category Orgelbuechlein
Event -
Author of text Martin Luther, 1524
Text

These are the holy ten commands,
Which came to us from God's own hands
By Moses, who obeyed His will.
Standing upon Sinai's hill.
Have mercy, Lord!
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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