Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 656
Title O Lamb of God all holy
Composed 1708, Weimar
Key A-Major
Scoring

Organ
Movements Chorale
Category Chorales Leipzig manuscript
Event Lent
Author of text Nicolaus Rostock, 1531
Text

O Lamb of God all holy,
Who on the Cross didst suffer,
And patient still and lowly,
Thyself to scorn didst offer:
Our sins by Thee were taken,
Or hope had us forsaken:
Have mercy upon us, o Jesu.
Have mercy upon us, o Jesu.
Manuscript Music library, Leipzig ; Protestant Publishing Institute, Berlin; Estate C. Ph. E. Bach

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