Jesu bleibet meine Freude
Traditional
- Music written by
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Lyrics written by
- [Traditional]
- Composition date
- 1723
- Language
- German
- Comments
- The 10th movement of the cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" (Heart and mouth and deed and life), BWV 147. The cantata was written in Leipzig for the for the Marian feast of the "Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary" and was first performed on 2 July 1723. This movement became famous as "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring".
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