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No. 35 3 .: Help us, Christ, Almighty Son ( O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn ) - 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. 353 .

Help us, Christ, Almighty Son (O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn)

For the melody, “Christus, der uns selig macht,” see No. 12 supra.

The words of the Choral are the eighth stanza of Michael Weisse’s Passiontide Hymn, “Christus, der uns selig macht” (see No. 12):

  • O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn,
  • Durch dein bittres Leiden,
  • Dass wir, dir stets unterthan,
  • All’ Untugend meiden;
  • Deinen Tod und sein’ Ursach’
  • Fruchtbarlich bedenken,
  • Dafur, wiewohl arm und schwach,
  • Dir Dankopfer schenken.
  • B.G. xii. (1) 121.

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