Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 646
Title O wither shall I fly
Composed 1747, Leipzig
Key E-Minor
Scoring

Organ
Movements Chorale
Category Schuebler Chorales
Event -
Author of text Johann Hermann, 1630
Text

O wither shall I fly,
Depressed with misery?
Who is it that can ease me,
And from my sins release me?
Sin's load remains unmoved.
Manuscript Estate Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy; Bodleian library, Oxford; Music library, Leipzig; Yale University, New Haven

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