Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 641
Title When in the hour of utmost need
Composed 1713, Weimar
Key G-Major
Scoring

Organ

Movements Chorale
Category Orgelbuechlein
Event Lent
Author of text Paul Eber, 1566
Text

When in the hour of utmost need
We know not where to look for aid,
When days and nights of anxious thought
Nor help nor counsel yet have brought.

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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