BWV 705 When Adam fell, the human race

Johann Sebastian Bach

BWV	705
Title	When Adam fell, the human race
Composed	1708, Weimar
Key	D-Minor
Scoring	Organ
Movements	Chorale
Category	Chorales from Kirnberger collection
Event	Lent
Author of text	Unknown
Text	When Adam fell, the human race Was doomed to condemnation; Bereft were we of innocence, Sin's poison wrought destruction, But thanks to God, Who spares the rod, From death have we been taken. The Serpent Eve Didst once deceive Beholds his power shaken.
Manuscript	Music library, Leipzig; Yale University, New Haven; Johann Sebastian Bach Institute, Goettingen; Bach Archive, Leipzig, Central library, Zurich; Estate Johann Philipp Kirnberger