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Cantata BWV 53
Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde
Original German Text

Event: Cantata for Funeral
Text: Anon
Composer: Georg Melchior Hoffmann ?
 

Original German Text

    

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Aria [Alt]

    
       
 

Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde,
Brich doch an, du schöner Tag!

    
 

Kommt, ihr Engel, auf mich zu,
Öffnet mir die Himmelsauen,
Meinen Jesum bald zu schauen
In vergnügter Seelenruh'!
Ich begehr' von Herzensgrunde
Nur den letzten Zeigerschlag!

    

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Contributed by Aryeh Oron (March 2003), Dr. Thomas Jaenicke (January 2006)

Cantata BWV 53: Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde for Funeral (c1730)
Discography: Details & Complete Recordings
Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

BWV 53 Text: German-5 | German-6 | German-7
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Georg Melchior Hoffmann: Short Biography
Works: Cantata BWV 53 | Cantata BWV 189 | Little Magnificat BWV Anh 21

Non-Bach Cantatas: Details & Discographies: BWV 15 | BWV 53 | BWV 141 | BWV 142 | BWV 160 | BWV 189 | BWV 200 | BWV 217 | BWV 218 | BWV 219 | BWV 220 | BWV 221 | BWV 222
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