Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 513
Title Eternity, thou thundrous word
Composed 1729, Leipzig
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Movements Aria: Eternity, thou thundrous word
Category Spiritual Arias and Songs (Notenbuch of Anna Magdalena Bach)
Event -
Author of text Johann Rist 1642
Text
Aria


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 Notenbuch der Anna Magdalena Bach 1733/1734

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