Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 397
Title Eternity, thou thundrous word
Composed Unknown
Scoring

Choir for 4 voices

Movements Chorale: Eternity, thou thundrous word
Category Chorale
Event -
Author of text Johann Schop 1642
Text
Chorale:
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass


Eternity, thou thundrous word,
O sword that through the soul doth bore,
Beginning with no ending!
Eternity, time lacking time,
I know now faced with deepest grief
Not where to seek my refuge.
So much my frightened heart doth quake
That to my gums my tongue is stuck.

Manuscript Music library, Leipzig; Highschool for Music, Berlin

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