Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 702
Title The Holy Child my hope shall be
Composed 1708, Weimar
Key B-flat-Major
Scoring

Organ
Movements Chorale
Category Chorales from Kirnberger collection
Event Christmas
Author of text Bartholomäus Helder, 1646
Text

The Holy Child my hope shall be,
My Saviour now and ever.
From Him who loved and ransomed me
No power shall me dissever.
The while I live,
To him I give
Myself with heart's devotion:
Let come what will
Of joy or ill,
Be death or life my portion.
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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