Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 668a
Title When in the hour of utmost need
Composed 1708, Weimar
Key G-Major
Scoring

Organ
Movements Chorale
Category Chorales Leipzig manuscript
Event Lent
Author of text Paul Eber, 1566
Text

When in the hour of utmost need
We know not where to look for aid,
When days and nights of anxious thought
Nor help nor counsel yet have brought.
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Manuscript Music library, Leipzig ; Protestant Publishing Institute, Berlin; Estate C. Ph. E. Bach

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