Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 636
Title Our Father in the heaven who art
Composed 1713, Weimar
Key D-Minor
Scoring

Organ

Movements Chorale
Category Orgelbuechlein
Event Lent
Author of text Martin Luther, 1538
Text

Our Father in the heaven Who art,
Who tellest all of us, in heart
Brothers to be, and on Thee call
And wilt have prayer from one and all,
Grant that the mouth not only pray,
From deepest heart O help its way.

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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