Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 649
Title Oh, bide with us, Lord Jesus Christ
Composed 1747, Leipzig
Key B-flat-Major
Scoring

Organ

Movements Chorale
Category Schuebler Chorales
Event Easter
Author of text Unknown
Text

Oh, bide with us, Lord Jesus Christ,
For now the evening is at hand,
Thy godly word, that radiant light,
Let in our midst, yea, never fade.

Within this recent time of woe
Grant us, O Lord, steadfastness sure,
That we thy word and sacrament
Keep ever pure until our end.

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Manuscript Estate Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy; Bodleian library, Oxford; Music library, Leipzig; Yale University, New Haven

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