Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 262
Title Hark! a voice saith, all are mortal
Composed Unknown
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Choir for 4 voices

Movements Chorale: Hark! a voice saith, all are mortal
Category Chorale
Event -
Author of text Johann Hintze 1678
Text
Chorale: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass


Hark! a voice saith, all are mortal,
Yea, all flesh must fade as grass,
Only through Death's gloomy portal,
To a better life ye pass,
And this body formed of clay
Here must languish and decay,
Ere it rise in glorious might,
Fit to dwell with saints in light

Manuscript Music library, Leipzig; Highschool for Music, Berlin

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