BWV 689 Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour

Johann Sebastian Bach

BWV	689
Title	Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour
Composed	1739, Leipzig
Key	F-Minor
Scoring	Organ
Movements	Chorale
Category	3rd part of Clavierübung
Event	Easter
Author of text	Martin Luther, 1524
Text	Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour Who freed us from the wrath of God; By His bitter grief and death Saved us from the pains of Hell. Thou shalt hold Thy faith unshaken That Communion thus be taken By the sick with sinful heart, Full of woe and torn apart.
Manuscript	Music library, Leipzig; Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna; State and University library, Prague; British Museum, London; Yale University, New Haven; Johann Sebastian Bach Institute, Goettingen; Estate Aloys Fuchs; Bach Archive, Leipzig