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BWV 703
Title Once He came in blessing
Composed 1708, Weimar
Key F-Dur
Scoring

Organ
Movements Chorale
Category Chorales from Kirnberger collection
Event Christmas
Author of text Johann Roh, 1544
Text

Once He came in blessing,
All our life redressing,
Came in likeness lowly,
Son of God Most Holy,
Bore the Cross to save us,
Hope and freedom gave us.
Manuscript Music library, Leipzig; Yale University, New Haven; Johann Sebastian Bach Institute, Goettingen; Bach Archive, Leipzig, Central library, Zurich; Estate Johann Philipp Kirnberger

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