Alle Menschen müssen sterben (Chorale), BWV 262 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
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- Editor: Claudio Macchi (submitted 2002-07-26). Score information: A4 (landscape), 1 page, 81 kB Copyright: CPDL
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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: Sacred, Chorale 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 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.