Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 747
Title See the Lord of Life and Light
Composed Unknown
Key G-Minor
Scoring

Organ
Movements Chorale
Category Chorales
Event -
Author of text Unknown
Text

See the Lord of Life and Light, Savior meek and lowly,
Taken like a thief at night, Bound by hands ubholy,
See the sinless Son of God Shameful mockings bearing,
Bitter taunts, a cruel rod, Doom of sinners sharing.
Manuscript Music library, Leipzig; Yale University, New Haven; Estate Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy; Bodleian library, Oxford

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