Alle Menschen müssen sterben (Chorale), BWV 262 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

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  • (Posted 2002-07-26)  CPDL #03884:     
Editor: Claudio Macchi (submitted 2002-07-26).   Score information: A4 (landscape), 1 page, 81 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: Alle Menschen müssen sterben (Chorale)
Composer: Jacob Hintze
Arranger: Johann Sebastian Bach
Lyricist: Johann Georg Albinus

Tune: Salzburg

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SacredChorale   Meter: 87. 87. 88. 77

Language: German
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1678
    2nd published: 1785 in Vierstimmige Choralgesänge, Teil 2, no. 153
    3rd published: 1898 in 389 Choralgesänge, no. 17
Opus: BWV 262
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Original text and translations

German.png German text

Alle Menschen müssen sterben,
alles Fleisch vergeht wie Heu,
was da lebet muss verderben,
soll es andern werden neu,
Dieser Leib der muss verwesen
wenn er ewig soll genesen
der so grossen Herrlichkeit,
die den Frommen ist bereit.