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    Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben? (lit. 'Dearest God, when will I die?'), BWV 8, is a church cantata for the 16th Sunday after Trinity by Johann Sebastian...
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    on it. His chorale cantata based on Neumann's hymn, Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben, BWV 8, was first performed in Leipzig in 1724, Vetter's hymn...
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    Motet BWV 118, Quodlibet, Notenbüchlein for A.M. Bach (Bach 2000, Vol. 87) (Media notes). Koopman, Gritton, et al. Teldec Classics. p. 8. "Wo Gott der Herr...
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    ist mein Leben, BWV 95. A year later he wrote a chorale cantata for his second cantata cycle, Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben? BWV 8, and for his third...
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    The sixth and last movement of Bach's chorale cantata Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben? BWV 8 is a slightly reworked version of Vetter's four-part...
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    compositional structure for all four voices in BWV 642 is close to that of BWV 643. BWV 643 Alle Menschen müssen sterben [All mankind must die] MIDI rendition...
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  • BWV 99 (K 87). Trinity XVI, 24 September 1724: Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben? BWV 8 (K 88). St. Michael's Day, 29 September 1724: Herr Gott, dich...
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  • BWV 99 (K 87). 24 September 1724 (Trinity XVI): Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben? BWV 8 (K 88). 29 September 1724 (St. Michael's Day): Herr Gott,...
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    key at all, and only two in E major, the other being Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben? BWV 8, "a musing on death and bereavement and one of his most...
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    Christ" • BWV 1125: "O Gott, du frommer Gott" • BWV 1126: "Lobet Gott, unsern Herren" • BWV deest: "Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben" List of compositions...
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