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No. 72.: Be near me, Lord, when dying ( Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden ) - Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach’s Chorals, vol. 1 The Hymns and Hymn Melodies of the “Passions” and Oratorios [1915]

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Bach’s Chorals. Part I: The Hymns and Hymn Melodies of the “Passions” and Oratorios, by Charles Sanford Terry (Cambridge University Press, 1915-1921). 3 vols. Vol. 1.

Part of: Bach’s Chorals, 3 vols.

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No. 72.

Be near me, Lord, when dying (Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden)

For Hans Hassler’s melody, “Herzlich thut mich verlangen,” see No. 21 supra.

The words of the Choral are the ninth stanza of Paul Gerhardt’s Passiontide Hymn, “O Haupt voll Blut” (see No. 21):

  • Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden,
  • So scheide nicht1 von mir!
  • Wenn ich den Tod soll leiden,
  • So tritt du dann herfur!
  • Wenn mir am allerbangsten
  • Wird um das Herze sein,
  • So reiss mich aus den Aengsten
  • Kraft deiner Angst und Pein!
  • B.G. iv. 248.

Form. Simple (2 Fl., 2 Ob., Strings, Organ, and Continuo)2 .

THE ST JOHN PASSION (1723)