Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 614
Title The old year now hath passed away
Composed 1713, Weimar
Key A-Minor
Scoring

Organ

Movements Chorale
Category Orgelbuechlein
Event New Year
Author of text Johann Steurlein 1588
Text

The old year now hath passed away,
The old year now hath passed away,
We thank Thee, O our God today
That Thou hast kept us through the year,
When danger and distress were near,
When danger and distress were near,

Manuscript Estate Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy; Bodleian library, Oxford; Music library, Leipzig; Johann Sebastian Bach Institute, Goettingen; Conservatory, Brussels; Yale University, New Haven; University library, Warzawa

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