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Cantate BWV 143 "Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele" (II)

File:bwv143.nwc (April 2008) 3 kB
Full name of work: Cantate BWV 143 "Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele" (II)
Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), German
Arranger: N/A
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Lyricist: Jakob Ebert 1601
Translator: N/A
First line: Du Friedefüst, Herr Jesu Christ
Music category: Sacred cantata, Lutheran
Instruments: Violino solo, B.C; and Soprano solo
Name of file creator: Yann Forestier
e-mail address: yannforestier (at ) aol (com )
Website: N/A
Running time: 02;12
Comments: Cantata BWv 143 is usually classified as a "spurious" (uncertain
attribution) work. This delightful little chorale, though, keeps us at bay
when it come to deciding if this work really was written by Bach. A very
pleasant work for any soprano to discover Baroque music!

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