"¤J.S. Bach: Vor deinen Thron BWV 668" genre: Baroque
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	The famous last piece of Bach, dictated in a darkened room to his son-in-law Altnikol.
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	Story Behind the Song The simplicity of this setting is nevertheless laden with the circumstance of its writing. Transcription and fine-tuning took about 3 hours, another hour and a half to prepare the MIDI pipe organ version. Lyrics German Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit, O Gott, und dich demütig bitt; Wend dein genädig Angesicht Von mir, den armen Sünder nicht. --Attributed to Bodo von Hodenberg, 1646 English Before Thy Throne I now appear, O Lord! bow down Thy gracious Ear, Reject not from Thy loving Face A [poor sinner], who sues for Grace. --John Christian Jacobi, Psalmodia Germanica, 1720

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