1. DEAREST LORD JESU
(LIEBSTER HERR JESU)
() CHRISTOPH WERNER (1676) Melody and figured bass by
‘Tr: BEATRICE E. BULMAN J-S.BACH (1736)
(Ed. Charles Kennedy Scott)
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