Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 267
Title Beside the streams of Babylon
Composed Unknown
Scoring

Choir for 4 voices

Movements Chorale: Beside the streams of Babylon
Category Chorale
Event -
Author of text Wolfgang Dachstein 1525
Text
Chorale:
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass


Beside the streams of Babylon
Our weary vigil keeping
When we remember Zion yon,
We never cease from weeping.
We hang our harps, in our despair,
Upon the weeping willows there
And mourn our degradation.
All we hold dear our foes defame
And we must suffer slur and shame
In daily tribulation.

Manuscript Music library, Leipzig; Highschool for Music, Berlin

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