Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 644
Title Oh how futile, how inutile
Composed 1713, Weimar
Key G-Minor
Scoring

Organ
Movements Chorale
Category Orgelbuechlein
Event -
Author of text Michael Franck, 1652
Text

Oh how futile, how inutile
Is our earthly being!
Tis a mist in wintry weather,
Gathered in an hour together,
And as soon dispersed in ether.
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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