Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 658
Title From God shall naught divide me
Composed 1708, Weimar
Key G-Major
Scoring

Organ

Movements Chorale
Category Chorales Leipzig manuscript
Event -
Author of text Ludwig Helmbold, Erfurt, 1563
Text

From God shall naught divide me,
For he is true for aye,
And on my path will guide me,
Who else should often stray,
His ever bounteous hand
By night and day is heedful,
And gives me what is needful,
Where'er I go or stand.

Manuscript Music library, Leipzig ; Protestant Publishing Institute, Berlin; Estate C. Ph. E. Bach

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