Bist du bei mir

Bist du bei mir, geh' ich mit Freuden
zum Sterben und zu meiner Ruh'.
Ach, wie vergnügt wär' so mein Ende,
es drückten deine lieben [schönen]1 Hände
mir die getreuen Augen zu!

by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , published 1725

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

misattributed to Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) and by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (1690-1749) , "Bist du bei mir"
by Gerard Bunk (1888-1958) , "Bist du bei mir", subtitle: "Arie im alten Stile", op. 20b (1907/45?). [mezzo-soprano or soprano and string orchestra or string quintet]

ENG English (Emily Ezust)
SPA Spanish (Aminta Iriarte)
ITA Italian (Davide Bocelli)

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