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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist and is the best known exponent of music from the Baroque Era.
His church music includes many cantatas, arrangements of Lutheran chorales, Lutheran Masses as well as his famous B Minor Mass, and the St John and St Matthew Passions.
Lyrics ~ 5 verses
Suitable for: Lent, Passiontide, Good Friday Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended,
that man to judge thee hath in hate pretended?
By foes derided, by thine own rejected,
O most afflicted.
Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon thee?
Alas, my treason, Jesus, hath undone thee.
‘Twas I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied thee:
I crucified thee.
Lo, ...
At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing Lyrics
Suggest uses include Easter and Communion Services.
At the Lamb’s high feast we sing
Praise to our victorious King,
Who has washed us in the tide
Flowing from his pierced side;
Praise we him whose love divine
Gives his sacred blood for wine,
Gives his body for the feast,
Christ the victim, Christ the priest.
Where the ...
Christ Is The World’s True Light Lyrics
Meter: 67 67 66 66. Lyricist: George Wallace Briggs (1875 – 1959). Copyright Oxford University Press.
We regret that we are unable to publish the lyrics to this hymn at the moment, as they are still in copyright.
Rinkart – Kommt Seelen Download Tune: Rinkart, also known as Rinkart (Kommt Seelen) has ...
Lyrics 1. How tedious and tasteless the hours
When Jesus no longer I see!
Sweet prospects, sweet birds, and sweet flow’rs,
Have all lost their sweetness to me.
The midsummer sun shines but dim;
The fields strive in vain to look gay;
But when I am happy in Him,
December’s as pleasant as May.
2. His name yields the richest perfume,
And sweeter than music ...
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Recording
The music used in this recording belongs in the Public Domain, but the Performance rights ℗ belong to Richard M S Irwin. You may click the Download Button to obtain the MP3 recording for use in Worship (including online services) or for personal use only. For other uses of the recording, please Contact Us. ...
The music used in this recording belongs in the Public Domain, but the Performance rights ℗ belong to Richard M S Irwin. You may click the Download Button to obtain the MP3 recording for use in Worship (including online services) or for personal use only. For other uses of the recording, please Contact Us. ...
The music used in this recording belongs in the Public Domain, but the Performance rights ℗ belong to Richard M S Irwin. You may click the Download Button to obtain the MP3 recording for use in Worship (including online services) or for personal use only. For other uses of the recording, please Contact Us. ...
The music used in this recording belongs in the Public Domain, but the Performance rights ℗ belong to Richard M S Irwin. You may click the Download Button to obtain the MP3 recording for use in Worship (including online services) or for personal use only. For other uses of the recording, please Contact Us. ...
The music used in this recording belongs in the Public Domain, but the Performance rights ℗ belong to Richard M S Irwin. You may click the Download Button to obtain the MP3 recording for use in Worship (including online services) or for personal use only. For other uses of the recording, please Contact Us. ...
The music used in this recording belongs in the Public Domain, but the Performance rights ℗ belong to Richard M S Irwin. You may click the Download Button to obtain the MP3 recording for use in Worship (including online services) or for personal use only. For other uses of the recording, please Contact Us. ...
The music used in this recording belongs in the Public Domain, but the Performance rights ℗ belong to Richard M S Irwin. You may click the Download Button to obtain the MP3 recording for use in Worship (including online services) or for personal use only. For other uses of the recording, please Contact Us. ...
The music used in this recording belongs in the Public Domain, but the Performance rights ℗ belong to Richard M S Irwin. You may click the Download Button to obtain the MP3 recording for use in Worship (including online services) or for personal use only. For other uses of the recording, please Contact Us. ...
Johann Sebastian Bach – Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (BWV 582) is one of his most important and well-known works. Believed to be written early in his career it had a great influence on 19th and 20th century composers, including Robert Schumann, who described the passacaglia’s variations as “intertwined so ingeniously that one can ...
A Trio in B Flat Major by baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750), from Richard Irwin’s album “Baroque Miniatures for Organ”.
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Details Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
Performance ℗ 2019 Richard M S Irwin. All Rights Reserved
Album: Baroque Miniatures for Organ
Music Public Domain
ISRC: UKTU21900023
UPC: 5060707370184 Streaming Services
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Now Praise We Great And Famous Men ~ Lyrics
1. Now praise we great and famous men,
The fathers named in story;
And praise the Lord, who now as then
Reveals in man His glory.
2. Praise we the wise and brave and strong,
Who graced their generation,
Who helped the right, and fought the wrong,
And made our folk a nation.
3. Praise we ...
Hymn – O bread to pilgrims given -Lyrics O Bread to pilgrims given,
O food that angels eat,
O manna sent from heaven,
For heav’n-born natures meet:
Give us, for thee long pining,
To eat till richly filled;
Till, earth’s delights resigning,
Our every wish is stilled.
O water, life-bestowing,
Forth from the Saviour’s heart
A fountain purely flowing,
A fount of love thou art:
O let us, ...
O Sacred Head Sore Wounded ~ Lyrics
1. O sacred head, sore wounded,
Defiled and put to scorn;
O kingly head, surrounded
With mocking crown of thorn:
What sorrow mars Thy grandeur?
Can death Thy bloom deflow’r?
O countenance whose splendor
The hosts of heav’en adore!
2. Thy beauty, long desired,
Hath vanished from our sight;
Thy pow’r is all expired,
And quenched the light of light.
Ah me! ...
O Sacred Head Surrounded Lyrics
O Sacred head, surrounded
by crown of piercing thorn!
O bleeding head, so wounded,
reviled and put to scorn!
Death’s pallid hue comes over you
The glow of life decays,
yet angel hosts adore thee
and tremble as they gaze
I see thy strength and vigor
all fading in the strife,
and death with cruel rigor,
bereaving thee of life;
O agony and ...
Johann Sebastian Bach – Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (BWV 582) is one of his most important and well-known works. Believed to be written early in his career it had a great influence on 19th and 20th century composers, including Robert Schumann, who described the passacaglia’s variations as “intertwined so ingeniously that one can never cease to be amazed.”
The music used in this recording belongs in the Public Domain, but the Performance rights ℗ belong to Richard M S Irwin. You may click the Download Button to obtain the MP3 recording for use in Worship (including online services) or for personal use only. For other uses of the recording, please Contact Us. If you use our hymns, please consider a donation to help keep this service free.
A Trio in B Flat Major by baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750), from Richard Irwin’s album “Baroque Miniatures for Organ”.
The music used in this recording belongs in the Public Domain, but the rights to the Performance ℗ belong to Richard M S Irwin. You may click the Download Button to obtain the MP3 recording for personal use or in places of Worship. For other uses of the recording, please Contact Us.
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Suggest uses include Easter and Communion Services.
At the Lamb’s high feast we sing Praise to our victorious King, Who has washed us in the tide Flowing from his pierced side; Praise we him whose love divine Gives his sacred blood for wine, Gives his body for the feast, Christ the victim, Christ the priest.
Where the paschal blood is poured, Death’s dark angel sheathes his sword; Israel’s hosts triumphant go Through the wave that drowns the foe. Praise we Christ, whose blood was shed, Paschal victim, paschal bread; With sincerity and love Eat we manna from above.
Mighty victim from the sky, Pow’rs of hell beneath thee lie; Death is conquered in the fight, Thou hast brought us life and light: Hymns of glory and of praise, Risen Lord, to thee we raise; Holy Father, praise to thee, With the Spirit, ever be.
Easter triumph, Easter joy, Nothing now can this destroy; From sin’s pow’r do thou set free Souls new-born, O Lord, in thee. Hymns of glory and of praise, Risen Lord, to thee we raise; Holy Father, praise to thee, With the Spirit, ever be.
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1. How tedious and tasteless the hours When Jesus no longer I see! Sweet prospects, sweet birds, and sweet flow’rs, Have all lost their sweetness to me. The midsummer sun shines but dim; The fields strive in vain to look gay; But when I am happy in Him, December’s as pleasant as May.
2. His name yields the richest perfume, And sweeter than music His voice; His presence disperses my gloom, And makes all within me rejoice; I should, were He always thus nigh, Have nothing to wish or to fear; No mortal so happy as I; My summer would last all the year.
3. Content with beholding His face, My all to His pleasure resigned, No changes of seasons or place Would make any change in my mind. While blest with a sense of His love, A palace a toy would appear; And prisons would palaces prove, If Jesus would dwell with me there.
4. Dear Lord, if indeed I am Thine, If Thou art my sun and my song, Say, why do I languish and pine? And why are my winter so long? O drive these dark clouds from my sky; Thy soul-cheering presence restore, Or take me unto Thee on high, Where winter and clouds are no more.
Recording
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1. Now praise we great and famous men, The fathers named in story; And praise the Lord, who now as then Reveals in man His glory.
2. Praise we the wise and brave and strong, Who graced their generation, Who helped the right, and fought the wrong, And made our folk a nation.
3. Praise we the great of heart and mind, The singers sweetly gifted, Whose music like a mighty wind The souls of men uplifted.
4. Praise we the peaceful men of skill, Who built their homes of beauty, And, rich in art, made richer still The brotherhood of duty.
5. Praise we the glorious names we know, And they whose names have perished, Lost, in the haze of long ago, In silent love be cherished.
6. In peace their sacred ashes rest, Fulfilled their day’s endeavour; They blessed the earth, and they are blessed Of God and man forever.
Meter: 87 87. Lyricist: William George Tarrant (1853 – 1928). Public Domain.
Ach Gott Und Herr ~ Recording
Tune: Ach Gott und Herr, from As Hymnodus Sacer, Leipzig (1625) harmonised by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750). Public Domain.
Performance ℗ 2020 Richard M S Irwin. All rights reserved. ISRC UKTU21900214
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O Bread to pilgrims given, O food that angels eat, O manna sent from heaven, For heav’n-born natures meet: Give us, for thee long pining, To eat till richly filled; Till, earth’s delights resigning, Our every wish is stilled.
O water, life-bestowing, Forth from the Saviour’s heart A fountain purely flowing, A fount of love thou art: O let us, freely tasting, Our burning thirst assuage; Thy sweetness, never wasting, Avails from age to age.
Jesus, this feast receiving, We thee unseen adore; Thy faithful word believing, We take, and doubt no more: Give us, thou true and loving, On earth to live in thee; Then, death the veil removing, Thy glorious face to see.
Recording
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1. O sacred head, sore wounded, Defiled and put to scorn; O kingly head, surrounded With mocking crown of thorn: What sorrow mars Thy grandeur? Can death Thy bloom deflow’r? O countenance whose splendor The hosts of heav’en adore!
2. Thy beauty, long desired, Hath vanished from our sight; Thy pow’r is all expired, And quenched the light of light. Ah me! for whom Thou diest, Hide not so far Thy grace: Show me, O Love most highest, The brightness of Thy face.
3. In Thy most bitter passion My heart to share doth cry, With Thee for my salvation Upon the cross to die. Ah, keep my heart thus moved To stand Thy cross beneath, To mourn Thee, well-beloved, Yet thank Thee for Thy death.
4. What language shall I borrow To thank Thee, dearest friend, For this Thy dying sorrow, Thy pity without end? Oh, make me Thine for ever! And should I fainting be, Lord, let me never, never Outlive my love for Thee.
5. My days are few, O fail not, With Thine immortal pow’r, To hold me that I quail not In death’s most fearful hour; That I may fight befriended, And see in my last strife To me Thine arms extended Upon the cross of life.
Meter: 76 76 D. Lyricist, original German, Paul Gerhardt (1608 – 1676), translated by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 – 1930). Public Domain.
Performance Copyright ℗ 2016 Richard M S Irwin. Certain rights reserved.
The music used in this recording belongs in the Public Domain, but the Performance rights ℗ belong to Richard M S Irwin. You may click the Download Button to obtain the MP3 recording for use in Worship (including online services) or for personal use only. For other uses of the recording, please Contact Us. If you use our hymns, please consider a donation to help keep this service free.
The music used in this recording belongs in the Public Domain, but the Performance rights ℗ belong to Richard M S Irwin. You may click the Download Button to obtain the MP3 recording for use in Worship (including online services) or for personal use only. For other uses of the recording, please Contact Us. If you use our hymns, please consider a donation to help keep this service free.
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 -1750) – BWV 559. One of the eight little preludes and fugues attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach but probably written by a pupil, Johann Tobias Krebs or Johann Ludwig Krebs.
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Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 -1750) – BWV 559. One of the eight little preludes and fugues attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach but probably written by a pupil, Johann Tobias Krebs or Johann Ludwig Krebs.
The music used in this recording belongs in the Public Domain, but the Performance rights ℗ belong to Richard M S Irwin. You may click the Download Button to obtain the MP3 recording for use in Worship (including online services) or for personal use only. For other uses of the recording, please Contact Us. If you use our hymns, please consider a donation to help keep this service free.
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 -1750) – BWV 558. One of the eight little preludes and fugues attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach but probably written by a pupil, Johann Tobias Krebs or Johann Ludwig Krebs. Performance ℗ 2018 Richard M S Irwin. Certain Rights Reserved.
