Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 393
Title Upon the cross extended
Composed Unknown
Scoring

Choir for 4 voices
Movements Chorale: Upon the cross extended
Category Chorale
Event -
Author of text Georg Forster 1539
Text
Chorale: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass


Upon the cross extended,
See, world, thy Lord suspended,
Thy Savior yields His breath.
The Prince of Life from heaven
Himself hath freely given
To shame and blows and bitter death.
Manuscript Music library, Leipzig; Highschool for Music, Berlin

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