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Orchestra SATB/SATB choir, [2 oboes, english horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello, basso continuo] - Grade 3 SKU: CA.3122606 Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Gunter Graulich. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. Der Geist Hilft Unsrer Schwachheit Auf.Rev. Innovative practice aids, Sacred vocal music, Motets, Whitsun, Mourning, death. Choral Score. Composed 1729. BWV 226. 20 pages. Duration 9 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.226/06. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3122606). ISBN 9790007165383. Key: B flat major. Text language: German/English.Composed for the funeral of Johann Heinrich Ernesti, rector of St. Thomas School, on 20 October 1729. Score available separately - see item CA.3122600.

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