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BWV 694
Title O wither shall I fly
Composed 1708, Weimar
Key E-Minor
Scoring

Organ
Movements Chorale
Category Chorales from Kirnberger collection
Event -
Author of text Johann Heermann, 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 Music library, Leipzig; Yale University, New Haven; Johann Sebastian Bach Institute, Goettingen; Bach Archive, Leipzig, Central library, Zurich; Estate Johann Philipp Kirnberger

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