Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 749
Title Lord Jesus Christ, be present now!
Composed Unknown
Key G-Minor
Scoring

Organ
Movements Chorale
Category Chorales
Event -
Author of text Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Gotha, 1651
Text

Lord Jesus Christ, be present now!
And let Thy Holy Spirit bow
All hearts in love and fear today,
To hear the truth and keep Thy way.
Manuscript Music library, Leipzig; Yale University, New Haven; Estate Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy; Bodleian library, Oxford

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