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.

Hymns and other works associated with Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)

• Ah Holy Jesu How Hast Thou Offended (Herzliebster Jesu, Organ, 5 Verses)
  Ah Holy Jesu How Hast Thou Offended : Lyrics 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 (Salzburg, Organ and Descant, 4 Verses)
  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 (Rinkart – 3 Verses) – Organ
  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 ...
• Fe Gawn Fendith Cariad Pur (Salzburg, Organ and Trumpet, 2 Verses)
  Fe Gawn Fendith Cariad Pur : Geiriau Bendith Cariad Pur Fe gawn fendith cariad pur, Ganwyd ni yn blant ein Tad; Nawr tra’n aros am y nef Gweithiwn drosto ym mhob gwlad. Bendith ddaw o’r Ysbryd Glân, Cysur ac arweiniad llawn; Arwain ddefaid coll at Grist Gorffwys ynddo ef a gawn. Yn ei deyrnas drwy y byd, Ysbryd Sanctaidd rho yn awr; Calon llawn o gariad Crist, Nerth ...
• How tedious and tasteless the hours (Green Fields) – Organ
  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 ...
• Johann Sebastian Bach – Fugue in G minor BWV 578
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• Johann Sebastian Bach – Little Prelude and Fugue #1 in C (BWV 553)
  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. ...
• Johann Sebastian Bach – Little Prelude and Fugure #2 in Dm (BWV 554)
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• Johann Sebastian Bach – Little Prelude and Fugure #3 in Em (BWV 555)
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• Johann Sebastian Bach – Little Prelude and Fugure #4 in F (BWV 556)
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• Johann Sebastian Bach – Little Prelude and Fugure #5 in G (BWV 557)
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• Johann Sebastian Bach – Little Prelude and Fugure #6 in Gm (BWV 558)
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• Johann Sebastian Bach – Little Prelude and Fugure #7 in Am (BWV 559)
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• Johann Sebastian Bach – Little Prelude and Fugure #8 in B flat (BWV 560)
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• Johann Sebastian Bach – Passacaglia and Fugue in Cm (BWV 582)
  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 ...
• Johann Sebastian Bach – Trio in B Flat Major
  A Trio in B Flat Major by baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750), from Richard Irwin’s album “Baroque Miniatures for Organ”. https://soundcloud.com/richardirwinmusic/johann-sebastian-bach-trio-in-b-flat-major?in=richardirwinmusic/sets/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 ...
• Now Praise We Great And Famous Men (Ach Gott Und Herr – 6 Verses) – Organ
  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 ...
• O Bread To Pilgrims Given (Passion Chorale, Organ, 3 Verses)
  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, freely ...
• O Sacred Head Sore Wounded (Passion Chorale, Organ, 5 Verses)
  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 ...
• O Sacred Head Surrounded (Passion Chorale, Organ, 3 Verses)
  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 ...
• We’re Blessed By The Purest Love (Salzburg, Organ and Trumpet, 2 Verses)
  We’re Blessed By The Purest Love : Lyrics We’re blessed by the purest love, Reborn to a royal birth, Now, whilst we wait here for heav’n, We will serve our Lord on earth. We’re blessed by the Holy Ghost, As our Comforter and Guide; He will lead lost sheep to Christ, Our dear Lord to rest beside. In His kingdom here on earth, Holy Spirit ...