Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 1105
Title Jesus, my true pleasure
Composed 1708, Weimar
Key D-Minor
Scoring

Organ

Movements Chorale
Category Neumeister collection of Yale University
Event Christmas
Author of text Johann Frank
Text

Jesus, my true pleasure,
Of my heart the pasture,
Jesus, my delight,
Ah how long, how long now
Is my heart made anxious
As it longs for thee!
God's true lamb, my bridegroom thou,
More than thee to me on earth now
Shall nought be more treasured.

Manuscript Yale University, New Haven

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