6. O suavis, o grandis amor, o fortis amor

Composer	Dietrich Buxtehude
Key	A major → b minor
Meter	3/4

Latin text
O suavis, o grandis amor,
o fortis amor,
quo ferror
quo trahor
quo rapior!

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Instrumentation

Resources

• Full score: Dieterich Buxtehude, The Collected Works, vol. 3 (Klecken: Ugrino, 1925), p. 91
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• Scores at IMSLP ›

Cataloguer

Team Buxtehude

Categories

• Buxtehude soprano duets ›
• Buxtehude cantata duets ›
• Duets in A major ›
• Duets in b minor ›
• Duets in 3/4 meter ›

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