Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 752
Title Jesus, thou who this my spirit
Composed Unknown
Key G-Major
Scoring

Organ

Movements Chorale
Category Chorales
Event -
Author of text Johann Rist, 1641
Text

Jesus, thou who this my spirit
Hast through thy most bitter death
From the devil's murky cavern
And that grief which plagues the soul
Forcefully brought forth to freedom
And of this hast well assured me
Through thy most endearing word,
Be e'en now, O God, my shield!

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

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