Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (BWV 639)

from Das Orgelbüchlein by Johann Sebastian Bach

=Background

The five verses of Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesus Christ are a prayer for faith, hope, and love in times of despair. The text was written by Johann Agricola (1494-1566) and published before 1530. (Footnote No. 1)

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Notes

Mark Steven Bighley, "The Lutheran Chorales in the Organ Works of J. S. Bach" (D.M.A.dissertation, Arizona State University, 1985), p. 185.