Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 742
Title Ah Lord, me a poor sinner
Composed 1708, Weimar
Key B-Major
Scoring

Organ
Movements Chorale
Category Chorales
Event Lent
Author of text Unknown
Text

Ah Lord, me a poor sinner
Blame not within thy wrath;
Thy solemn rage yet soften,
Else is my hope forlorn.
Ah Lord, may'st thou forgive me
My sin and mercy send,
That I have life eternal
And flee the pain of hell.
Manuscript Music library, Leipzig; Yale University, New Haven; Estate Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy; Bodleian library, Oxford

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