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Fixed date - February 2 BCW, http: When Mary and Joseph brought the baby Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem for the ceremony of consecration of the firstborn son not the circumcision, but rather after the time of Mary's purification: Hence the Nunc Dimittis is found in the liturgical night office of many western denominations, including the Lutheran service of Compline. Among Lutheran churches, the Nunc Dimittis may be sung following the reception of the Eucharist from Wikipedia. English Now Lord, let your servant depart According to your word in peace [29] For my eyes have seen the salvation [30] Which you have prepared before all nations [31] A light to enlighten the heathen And the glory of your people Israel.
The Luther melody information is found in BCW, http: There are three other German chorale versions of the Nunc dimittis that Bach set: Bach also presented two settings of the J. Albinius chorale, "Welt ade! Bach's Purification Cantatas The record of Bach's musical presentations for the Feast of Purification shows several characteristics: Telemann presented in Leipzig; at least three cantatas that did double duty BWV , and ; and three cantatas BWV , 95, and 27 that have direct connections with the 16th Sunday after Trinity.
Bach's contract as Concertmaster at the Weimar Court required him to present cantatas every fourth Sunday. The three original movements probably were: Bass aria, "Welt ade! Da wird sein der rechte Friede Und die ewge, stolze Ruh. In dem Himmel allezeit Friede, Freud und Seligkeit. World, farewell, am tired of you, the tents of Salem stand before me, World, farewell!
I am tired of you, I want to go to heaven, where in rest and peace, forever happy, I shall behold God. There I shall stay, there I shall delight to dwell, World, war and conflict are yours, nothing but pure vanity; there I shall sparkle resplendent with a heavenly crown. Recitative and arioso for bass with basso continuo? Now, Lord, govern my thoughts so that in the world, so long as it pleases you to leave me here, I may be a child of peace, and let me from my sufferings like Simeon depart to you in peace!
There I shall stay, there I shall have delight to live, there I shall be resplendent adorned with heavenly crowns. With peace and joy I go on my way in God's will. My heart and mind are comforted, peaceful and calm. As God promised me death has become my sleep.
The NLGB 56, Purification is as a four-verse alliterative prayer of thanksgiving and reconciliation with death. Text and Translation, BCW http: Kiel's original setting of three stanzas was published in Erfurt in in the songbook of Johann Michael Altenberg, to whom the melody was attributed.
Bach, however, was not the author of the reconstruction. In the Gotha Cantional of the positions of the descant and Quinta vox of are reversed, the latter becoming the melody. Christian Friedrich Witt Gotha Capellmeister in , formed a new melody by piecing together parts of the original descant and Quinta vox1.
His version passed into the Hymn-books of Telemann , Konig , and Freylinghausen His variation of the second phrase seemingly is his own. Bach uses the tune in the Orgelbuchlein. The text is found at BCW, http: The second stanza is Movement Mvt. The third stanza is Mvt. In spite of its derivation, its individuality permits the tune to be regarded as a separate melody. It occurs in Cantatas 16, 28, Choral Fantasia 3 Trombe, Timpani, 2 Fl.
The authorship of the tune has been attributed to Severus Gastorius of Jena, for whom the Hymn was written. The tune certainly is associated with Pachelbel, who set it in Motett form during his residence at Erfurt, c. Rodigast was born at Groben near Jena in The Hymn is said to have been written in at Jena for his sick friend, Severus Gastorius, Cantor there. Its opening three notes and its seventh line are identical with the opening line of the melody supra.
Bourgeois, born in Paris early in the 16th century, was invited to Geneva in In he succeeded Guillaume Franc d. Bach uses the melody also in Cantatas 19, 25, 30, 32, 39, 70, and Thence he was sent on an embassy to Russia and Persia The Hymn was written in , on the eve of his departure for Russia. In Flemming graduated M. Simple Flauti, Oboe, Strings, Continuo. Translations of the Hymn are noted in the Dictionary of Hymnology, p.
Choral Fantasia, in the Organ Choral form, the vocal themes being used in Counterpoint against the Choral melody in the orchestra Corno da caccia, 2 Ob. Herman was born circ. He was a great lover of music, a good organist, and is credited with the authorship of the tunes set to his Hymns. Bach uses the melody also in Cantatas 31 and There are other harmonisations of the tune in the Choralgesange, Nos.
His other variations also are found in earlier texts. Extended 3 Clarini, Timpani, Strings, Continuo. Only the first four lines of the melody are printed above. See the Choralgesange, No. Eber was born at Kitzingen, Bavaria, in He entered the University of Wittenberg in , and eventually held the Chairs of Latin and Hebrew there. He was a friend of Melanchthon and, next to Luther, is the best poet of the Wittenberg School.
An English translation is noted in the Dictionary of Hymnology, p. It contained thirty-nine hymns, for the majority of which thirty Kugelmann composed the tunes. Kugelmann is said to have been born at Augsburg. Later he passed into the service of Duke Albert of Prussia in a similar capacity, and eventually became Ducal Capellmeister at Konigsberg. The variations of the original melody which appear in Edition: Graumann was born at Neustadt in the Bavarian Palatinate in In he became Rector of the Thomasschule, Leipzig. Translations of the Hymn into English are noted in the Dictionary of Hymnology, p.
Four clauses of the Litany are inserted into the second movement B.
The words of the concluding Choral are the fourth stanza of the Hymn. The melody is not found elsewhere in the Cantatas or Motetts or Oratorios. It is by Peter Sohren Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity c. Julian Mincham wrote November 2, Freude, Freude uber Freude!
Embellished 3 Trombe, Timpani, 2 Ob. He had in mind the third stanza of the Hymn. See the Michaelmas Cantata No. Bach uses the melody in Cantata Choral Fantasia 3 Ob. Simple Tromba da tirarsi, 3 Ob. Georg Neumark was born at Langensalza in Thuringia in The melody was composed by Neumark for the Hymn. Bach uses the melody also in Cantatas 27, 84, 88, 93, , , and The cantus is with the Tenor. Bach uses the melody also in Cantatas 96, , The authoress was the daughter of a Polish refugee residing at Wittenberg, where she married Caspar Cruciger, a student at the University, in Cruciger, who was regarded by Luther with great affection and was treated as a son, became one of the Professors of Theology in the University.
His wife, a great lover of music, died at Wittenberg in This is the only Hymn of hers extant or known:. Extended Oboe, Strings, Continuo. Bach introduces the melody into the opening movement of Cantata He has not used it elsewhere in the Cantatas, Oratorios, or Motetts. He made an arrangement of it, however B. Translations of the Antiphon are noted in the Dictionary of Hymnology, p.
Choral Fantasia Cornetto, 3 Trombones, 2 Ob. Neither the Choralgesange nor Erk prints the melody. Gottseligkeit eingerichtetes Meiningisches Gesangbuch Meiningen, It is among the anonymous melodies in that collection. But the lines which compose it are found among the tunes the majority of them by Hieronymus Kradenthaller, a Regensburg organist in Lust- und Artzneigarten des Koniglichen Propheten Davids Regensburg, , and may be regarded as a reminiscence of them. The Hymn has other melodies, one of which Bach uses more frequently see Cantata The above melody is also in Cantatas 71 and There is a four-part setting of it in the Choralgesange, No.
The set of Variations, or Partite, in N.
Extended Clarino, 2 Ob. Simple Cornetto, 3 Trombones, 3 Fl.
In the opening Chorus of the Cantata B. Franck was born at Schleusingen in and in became a master baker there. In poverty drove him to Coburg, where he taught in the town school. The melody, which Bach uses in the opening and concluding movements of the Cantata, was composed by Franck and published, in four-part harmony, with the Hymn, in The melody does not occur elsewhere in the Cantatas.
Choral Fantasia Flauto, 3 Ob. Simple Flauto, 3 Ob. The authoress was born in , married her cousin, the Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, and Edition: About hymns are attributed to her. Its authorship is also claimed by Georg Michael Pfefferkorn Imprisoned in for a grave offence, he lived thereafter in Hamburg and Italy.
The five-part setting of the melody which Bach uses here was published by Gottfried Vopelius in his Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch Leipzig, [] 1. Albinus was born at Unter-Nessa, Saxony, in Choral Motett Cornetto, 3 Trombones, 2 Ob. Simple Cornetto, 3 Trombones, 2 Ob. Olearius was born at Halle in After he held appointments as Kirchenrath and General Superintendent at Weissenfels.
His Geistliche Singe-Kunst of was one of the largest and best German Hymn books of the seventeenth century, and contained hymns by Olearius himself:. The words are the fifth stanza of the Hymn, which was posthumously added to its original four stanzas in Drei schone geistliche Lieder Coln, 2. It is not by Herman:. Embellished Tromba, 3 Ob.
Simple Oboe, Strings, Continuo. Schneesing, a native of Frankfort a Main, was pastor of Friemar, near Gotha, where he died in He is said to have been much interested in teaching children the hymns and tunes which he composed. The tune has been attributed to Schneesing. Bach has not used the melody elsewhere in the Cantatas, Oratorios, or Motetts. Bach uses the melody elsewhere in Cantatas 61 and Duetto for Soprano and Alto 2 Ob.
The words are the sixth stanza of the Hymn:. Tenor Unison Choral 2 Ob. The words are the eighth stanza of the Hymn:. The words are the fifth stanza of the Hymn:. Soprano and Alto Duetto Continuo in canon on the melody. The author is said to have been a pastor at Basel and to have died there in The melody does not occur elsewhere in the Cantatas or Oratorios. Translations are noted in the Dictionary of Hymnology, p. An earlier version of the Hymn with the melody is in Eyn Enchiridion oder Handbuchlein Erfurt, , and to another tune in Etlich Christlich lider Wittenberg, Translations of the Hymn into English are noted in the Dictionary of Hymnology, pp.
Simple 4 Trombones, 2 Ob. Denicke was born at Zittau in He held various important public offices in Hanover and died in The words are the third stanza of the Hymn:. The melody which Bach uses in this movement is found, in identical form, as No. According to the Choralgesange, No. In any case the ascription of the tune to Bach is inaccurate.
Simple Corno, 2 Ob. Andreas Hammerschmidt, the composer? Keimann was born in at Pankratz in Bohemia. In he was appointed Co-rector, and in Rector, of the Gymnasium at Zittau. The Hymn is said to have been written at Christmas Lateinische und Deutsche Weinacht Lieder Wittenberg, Of the author nothing positive is known. It is conjectured that he was a Lutheran theologian resident at Wittenberg The melody, which Bach uses in the first and last movements, occurs also in Cantatas and In all three cases he introduces an important modification of the original tune by concluding with the opening phrases of the Hymn.
Choral Fantasia 3 Trombe, Timpani, 3 Ob. Extended 3 Trombe, Timpani, 3 Ob. The Hymn is also attributed, on doubtful evidence, to Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. Altenburg was born at Alach, near Erfurt, in In he was appointed pastor of Ilversgehofen, near Erfurt, and later to other charges near the city. The rest of his life was passed in Erfurt, where he died in A number of hymn melodies by him are known:. There is late sixteenth century authority for the F. But his variation of the second line is not indicated by Zahn as occurring earlier.
Martini Lutheri Wittenberg, The melody occurs also in Cantata Simple 3 Trombe, 2 Ob. Tenor Unison Choral Fagotto, Continuo. A reconstruction of the melody is found in the Darmstadt Geistreiches Gesang-Buch Darmstadt, , which Bach follows more closely. His modifications of lines appear to be original. Melchior Franck was born at Zittau, c. The melody, which Bach does not use elsewhere, is not in the Choralgesange.
Extended Tromba or Corno da Tirarsi 4 , 2 Fl. The words of the concluding Choral are the eleventh stanza of the Hymn, whose authorship has been attributed, apparently without foundation, to Hans Sachs 1. It occurs in Zwey schone newe geistliche Lieder Nurnberg, c. There is another harmonisation of the tune in Choralgesange, No. The words of the concluding Choral are the fourth stanza of the Hymn. In a second edition of the broadsheet, printed at Erfurt in the same year, six stanzas of the Hymn were included. Its authorship is attributed to Johann Major , a Professor at Jena University, , and to Martin Rutilius , deacon and archdeacon at Weimar, The melody occurs also in Cantatas , , , In the opening movement Bach introduces the melody in canon in the accompaniment Tromba, Oboi.
In the Orgelbuchlein N. Simple Flauto, Oboe, Strings, Continuo. The melody does not appear elsewhere in the Cantatas or Oratorios. Another harmonisation of it is in the Choralgesange, No. Zahn suggests a secular origin for the tune. In the two following bars 3 and 4 his melody is invariable and is found in He became Chancellor and President of the Consistory at Rudolstadt, and died there in The words of the Choral are part of the first stanza of the Hymn:. Behm was born at Lauban, in Silesia, in He was assistant in the Town school, deacon, and eventually chief pastor there.
He was one of the best and most prolific hymn writers of his period:. The melody is found also in Cantata and, in a free form, in Cantata The words are the first stanza of the Hymn:. The words are part of the seventh stanza of the Hymn:. Choral Fantasia Corno, 2 Ob. A treatment of the melody, Simple in form and unaccompanied, is in B. An arrangement of it by Bach for accompanying the congregation is in N. Another treatment of the melody, to the same words, is printed in B. It has a distinctive melody of its own, by Jakob Hintze Pfefferkorn was born at Ifta, near Creuzburg, in He became a private tutor and master in the Gymnasium at Altenburg, and, later, tutor to the children of Duke Ernst of Gotha.
He was appointed in Superintendent at Grafen-Tonna, near Gotha, and died there in In the other Cantata and the Motett his version of that line, and also of the penultimate line, appears to be his own and to have been copied into later Hymn books. Bach uses the later melody here. Neither melody occurs elsewhere in the Cantatas or Oratorios.
Bach follows the Dresden form. The melody occurs in a fifteenth century ms. The words are as old as the thirteenth century. The melody does not occur elsewhere in the Cantatas and Oratorios. Simple Corno da tirarsi, Flauto, 2 Ob. Ebert was born at Sprottau, in Silesia, in Oder, and died there in The melody is by Bartholomaus Gesius. He was born c. He died there in or The melody is used also in Cantatas and After graduating at Wittenberg, where he was crowned a poet, he was ordained pastor at Otterwisch in , and in was appointed to a similar position at Wurzen.
The treatment of the cantus is very free. Along with the melody printed above—which Erk, No. The melody occurs also in Cantata 76, and there are other harmonisations of it in the Choralgesange, Nos. Embellished 3 Trombe, Timpani, 3 Ob. Spitta points out 1 that about Bach remodelled the Cantata for use at a Rathswahl service.
The Appendix to the Bach-Gesellschaft volume contains the following additional number. It is not in the vocal score. For the melody of the closing Choral, Part I, Edition: The melody appears there in an elongated form eleven phrases owing to the repetition of lines 3, 4, 5, 6, of the stanza, followed by another repetition of line 6. For use as a Hymn tune the melody has several forms. It is by Peter Sohren The initial letters of the first five lines of stanza vi stand for: Johann Georg Elector of Saxony:.
He accompanied an Imperial embassy to Greece as interpreter, and there assumed the name Melissander. In he became pastor and General Superintendent at Altenburg. The Hymn was written in , when he was private tutor to the children of Duke Johann Wilhelm of Saxe-Weimar, and was taught as a prayer to the Duchess Maria, then aged three. The Choral Chorus S. The Recitativo passages are sung to orchestral ritornelli, always the same, but differing in key Corno, 2 Ob.
The melody also occurs in Cantatas 86 and The Tromba has the cantus. The words, melody, and form of the Choral concluding the Second Part are identical with those of a supra. Extended Tromba, Strings, Continuo. The opening Chorus of the Cantata introduces a Choral melody that does not appear elsewhere in the Cantatas, Oratorios, or Motetts. As Spitta comments 1 , Bach called to mind the continuation of the Scripture text: While the Chorus is worked out in quavers from the first line of the melody, the lesser commandment is stated by the Tromba da tirarsi, which announces the tune in crotchets, while the greater commandment is emphasised by the Organ, treating the melody in minims as a cantus firmus.
The reconstruction of the tune may be attributed to Walther. There is a harmonisation of the tune in the Choralgesange, No. Choral Fantasia Tromba da tirarsi, Strings, Continuo 1. With that Hymn it has been particularly associated ever since. For lines 7 and 8 he uses more than one form. Elsewhere his eighth line follows Telemann Choral Fantasia 1 Corno, Flauto, 2 Ob. Rinkart was born at Eilenburg in The monotony of the tune suggests that the Tenor is the true melody there.
Versions of the former, equally monotonous and derived from the text, are set to the Hymn in other collections between and The melody occurs also in Cantatas and It was first published by Klug in [] infra. That the melody in its present form is by Luther is generally agreed; but the extent to which he was indebted to Gregorian material is in dispute.
The melody does not occur elsewhere in the Cantatas, Oratorios, or Motetts. There are two harmonisations of it in the Choralgesange, Nos. The cantus is treated freely and fugally 3 Trombe, Timpani, 2 Ob. With considerable probability the tune may be attributed to Luther. The melody occurs also in Cantatas 95, , and In the second movement B.
The melody occurs also in Cantatas , , and For the second and third notes following the middle double bar there is early authority. For his version of the final phrase of the tune in the concluding Choral of Cantata there appears to be none. A translation of the Hymn is noted in the Dictionary of Hymnology, p. The melody has been attributed incorrectly to Bach. He has not used it elsewhere and material is not available to enable the originality of his variations of the tune to be tested.
Homburg was born near Eisenach in He died at Naumburg in Soprano Unison Choral 2 Ob. Simple Oboe, 2 Ob. The melody of the three Choral movements of the Cantata is that of the Hymn see Cantata Choral Fantasia 2 Cor. An Alto Unison Choral 2 Ob. The movement, intersected by Recitativo passages for all the vocal parts, is of the Extended Dialogus type Continuo.
All its stanzas seven are introduced, Edition: But its use is not restricted, as in Cantata 4, to the regular Church Choral forms. Certain numbers, for instance, the fourth and seventh, present the melody clearly. The Bach-Picander stanza reads:. The Violins and Violas in unison have the melody Strings, Continuo 1. Similarly, only fragments of the tune appear, the fifth and sixth lines of the melody. The Bach-Picander text is as follows:.
Soprano Aria, with fragments of the melody Oboe, Continuo. Simple Flauto, 2 Ob. The melody is not found elsewhere in the Cantatas or Motetts or Oratorios. There are harmonisations of it in the Choralgesange, Nos. His treatment of the last line varies: The two Choral S. The Unison Choral follows a short Recitativo of twelve bars 2 Ob. The words are the fourth stanza of the Hymn:. Embellished Corno, 2 Ob. The melody of the opening and concluding movements is that of the Hymn see Cantata The cantus firmus is with the Altos.
O Welt, ich muss dich lassen. A Bass Aria, with snatches of the melody 2 Ob. Embellished Cornetto, 3 Trombones, Flauto, 2 Ob. Simple Tromba, Flauto, 2 Ob. Extended 2 Corni, 2 Ob. Into the opening movement Bach introduces a melody which he has not employed elsewhere in the Cantatas, Motetts, or Oratorios. Bach uses it in the orchestral accompaniment of this movement.
The descant melody was appropriated to the same Hymn in and is used by Bach in Choralgesange, No. Choral Fantasia 2 Fl. Bach uses the latter in the first and last movements of the Cantata see Cantata Choral Fantasia Corno da caccia, 2 Fl. Extended Corno da caccia, 2 Fl. Choral Fantasia Corno da caccia, 2 Ob. Simple Tromba, 2 Fl. Choral Fantasia 3 2 Ob. Meusel was born at Dieuze, in Lorraine, in In he entered the Benedictine monastery at Edition: He embraced Lutheranism, and in became chief pastor of the Cathedral Church of Augsburg.
In he settled at Bern as Professor of Theology, and died there in Ringwaldt was born at Frankfort a. In he became pastor at Langfeld, or Langenfeld, near Sonnenburg, in Brandenburg, and died there c. He was one of the most prolific Hymn writers of the sixteenth century. The melody is treated freely 2. The Choral words of the fourth movement are the fourth stanza of the Hymn:. The words of the seventh movement are a paraphrase of the seventh stanza of the Hymn:. Gigas was born at Nordhausen in He died at the latter place in A Soprano Unison Choral Continuo. Freystein was born at Weissenfels in He was educated at Leipzig and Jena Universities, practised at Dresden as a lawyer, and died there in The melody of the opening and concluding movements was first published in the Hundert ahnmuthig- und sonderbahr geistlicher Arien Dresden, He had recent authority for the variations he introduces into bars 3 and 4 of the original tune.
Main in , practised as an advocate, and died there in Choral Motett Lituus 1 and 2, Cornetto, 3 Trombones 2. The melody printed above is that portion of the Plainsong to which the clauses Bach uses here were sung. The melody is an adjustment of that of the Latin Hymn, and in its simplified form may be attributed to Walther. The original Plainsong is printed above from Psalmen und geystliche Lieder, die man zu Strassburg, und auch die man inn anderen Kirchen pflegt zu singen Strassburg, Bach has not used the tune elsewhere in the Cantatas, Oratorios, or Motetts. Schneegass was born at Buffleben, near Gotha, in It may be attributed confidently to Vulpius himself.
The Choral words of the fourth movement are the third stanza of the Hymn:. The former alternative is the more probable. The tune is very freely treated in the Hymn books. His substitution of an F sharp for A natural as the third note of the third bar of the reconstructed melody supra is found in a version of the tune in For his treatment of bars 5 and 6 also there is authority. A translation of the Hymn into English is noted in the Dictionary of Hymnology, p. The melody appears first in the Geneva Psalter, Pseaumes octante trois de David, mis en rime Francoise Geneva, , where it is set to Psalm cxxvii.
Psalm cxxvii, included in the Geneva Psalter of , was one of the thirty-four recently translated by Theodore Beza. The melody must therefore be assigned to Louis Bourgeois see Cantata Wegelin was born at Augsburg in , and was successively Deacon, Archdeacon, and pastor there. In he was appointed pastor at Pressburg. Its proper melody dates from and appears to have been little used. Avenarius was born at Eisenach in , became Cantor at Schmalkalden in , pastor at Steinbach-Hallenberg in , and died in Choral Fantasia 3 Trombe, Timpani, 2 Ob.
Extended 3 Trombe, Timpani, Flauto, 2 Ob. The tune in its present and familiar form, therefore, must be attributed to Louis Bourgeois see Cantata Its first two lines bear a distinct Edition: Claude Goudimel harmonised it in There are harmonisations of the tune in the Choralgesange, Nos. Choral Fantasia 3 Trombe, Timp. Embellished 3 Trombe, Timp. Duetto for Soprano and Bass, the former having the Choral melody, while the Bass independently sings verses iii and iv of Psalm cxxx Oboe, Continuo 6. Ziegler was born at Leipzig in , and from was Professor of Law in the University of Wittenberg.
He was distinguished as a lawyer, teacher, scholar, and poet. That the tune is by Bach himself has been stated, and the following considerations support the conclusion. The tune is not found in any Hymn book of earlier date than the Cantata, i. The melody, also, entirely lacks the Aria character which Edition: The melody is not found elsewhere in the Cantatas, Oratorios, or Motetts. Choral Fantasia Cornetto, 2 Ob. Simple Cornetto, 2 Ob. For the B flat which Bach substitutes for D at the eleventh note in the second part of the tune, and for the C natural in place of G at the penultimate note, there is early authority and respectively.
Choral Fantasia Trombone, 2 Ob. The words of the concluding Choral are the sixth stanza of the Hymn Neander was born at Bremen in In he was appointed Rector of the Latin School at Dusseldorf, and five years later returned to Bremen as unordained assistant in the Church of St Martin. Unison Choral for Alto. The cantus is treated freely Violino Solo, Continuo 2. Tenor Aria, the cantus being in the Tromba obbligato Tromba, Continuo. The tune which Bach uses in the first, third, and last movements is that of the Hymn see Cantata Choral Fantasia, with orchestral and Recitativo interludes 2 Ob.
Rube was born in , his father being then pastor near Sondershausen. He died at Battenberg in The B flat which Bach substitutes for A natural as the third note of the tune has earlier authority. Main, , with the melody. The Hymn is a reversed acrostic, the initial letters of its three stanzas, W. The Hymn probably was written in , during the pestilence at Unna in Westphalia, where Nicolai then was pastor. The melody was published with the Hymn in Whether Nicolai composed it cannot be determined positively.
Unison Choral for Tenor Vn. I and II and Viola in unison, Continuo 2. Extended Flauti, Oboi, Strings, Continuo. The words are the first stanza of the Hymn Unison Choral for Soprano Violini, Continuo. The words are not a stanza of the Hymn. Choral Fantasia 3 Cor. The cantus is in the Soprano part. Perhaps the Praxis version the second supra is a reconstruction of the Runge melody. His variation of notes 3 and 4 of the second bar of it supra has earlier sanction.
His treatment of bar 3 varies here and in the Choralgesange. The melody of the concluding Choral B. The words of the Choral are lacking in the ms. The Hymn is sometimes attributed erroneously to Johann Scheffler Janus was born c. He was precentor at Sorau and later at Sagan. He died about at Ohlau, where he is said to have been precentor. Extended Tromba, Oboi, Strings, Continuo. There does not appear to be earlier authority for the F sharp which he substitutes for F natural at the fifth and thirteenth notes supra in this movement, nor does he repeat it elsewhere.
The melody, of which Herman was the composer, appeared first in a broadsheet published in It is set there to his own words:. The melody occurs also in Cantata and there are harmonisations of it in the Choralgesange, Nos. It was written in for the funeral of Margarita Werner, the wife of a Edition: I and II and Viola in unison, Continuo 3. Duetto, for Soprano and Bass. The Soprano has the cantus Oboe, Violino solo, Continuo. Bach uses it in its reconstructed form. The F sharp which he substitutes for A natural at the seventh note in the second bar supra has earlier sanction His variation of the last bar is general to his use of Edition: Christoph Knoll was born at Bunzlau, in Silesia, in He was successively schoolmaster, Deacon, and Archdeacon at Sprottau, and from was pastor of the neighbouring village, Wittgendorf.
It is clear that the tune is a derivative, and with great probability may be regarded as the Tenor of an original setting now lost. All three probably are derived from a common source. It is therefore improbable that he should have gone out of his way to invent a tune for a Hymn which had its own melody, with one of which, too, he was familiar 1. The circumstances surrounding this case are, in fact, very similar to those attending the doubtful melody in Cantata Of both tunes a large number of variations exist in the Hymn books, evidencing either their composite origin, or their derivation from some common original.
In the Orgelbuchlein, N. The statement would appear to be conclusive. Simple Corno da tirarsi, Fagotto, Strings, Continuo. Score give no Hymn stanza. The melody is neither in Erk nor the Choralgesange. In the fifth movement of the Cantata B. In the second movement of the Cantata B. The words are not a stanza of that Hymn. Simple Fagotto, Strings, Continuo. Geistliche Lieder und Gebetlin Frankfort a. Extended Clarino, Oboe, Strings, Continuo. The melody also occurs in Cantata , and there is another harmonisation of it in the Choralgesange, No.
The words of the Choral are the third stanza of the Hymn, which, with stanzas ii and iv, Luther Edition: Extended 3 Trombe, Timp. Embellished Fagotto, Strings, Continuo. Agricola was born at Eisleben in He was educated at Wittenberg, where he was befriended by Luther. The Hymn is attributed erroneously to Paul Speratus. The melody, which was published with the Hymn supra , occurs also in Cantata Jonas, the son of Jonas Koch, was born at Nordhausen in He was educated at Wittenberg and Erfurt and became Rector of the latter University.
The words of the Choral in the second movement are the second stanza of the Hymn:. The words of the Choral in the fifth movement are the fifth stanza of the Hymn:. The words of the concluding Choral are the seventh and eighth stanzas of the Hymn:. Tietze was born at Wilkau in , became Deacon and Archdeacon at Hersbruck, near Nurnberg, and died there in The words of the Choral in the third movement are the fourth stanza of the Hymn:.
After seven bars of introductory Recitativo, the rest of the movement is a rather free treatment of the melody as a Unison Choral Violoncello piccolo, Continuo. Choral Fantasia in fugal form Flauto, Strings, Continuo. The author, who died in , was one of the strongest supporters of the Reformation at the Saxon Court and signed the Augsburg Confession.
In the opening movement of the Cantata B. The insertion of the melody transforms the Cantata, whose burden otherwise is a lament over human frailty. The tune practically had assumed the form in which Bach uses it before the end of the sixteenth century. He seems to have been a preacher in or near Heilbronn c. It is doubtful whether he was the author of the Hymn, whose ascription to him arose from the fact that it stands in the Index immediately under another Hymn to which his initials are attached For Johann Cruger read Paul Wagner.
For of read in. For Weltgenrichte read Weltgewichte. In the ninth stanza, line 2, the original text has Erbarmung for Erbarmen. For nun read in. For Eucharistic read Ascensiontide. But it is difficult to point absolutely to the texts which are by him, since he published none but those in the collection of His Cantata libretti show facility rather than sincerity and poetic expression. His power of pictorial representation commended him to Bach, and there can be little doubt that he put his texts together in the form in which Bach required them.
See infra the section on the Cantata.
Bach's solo bass Cantata BWV 82, “Ich habe genug/genung” (I have enough), All three arias are set in the mood of the day's gospel, Simeon's canticle of praise. BWV 83, "Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde" (Joyful time in new stirring), 2 .. + , BWV deest/P, "Herr, nun lässest du deiner Diener" (Lord. MOTETS FOR THE FEAST OF THE PURIFICATION (February 2) Cantata BWV Purification Chorales & Calendar . Luther's "Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener" is found in Das Neu *, BWV 83, "Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bande" ( Joyful time in new stirring); repeated ; borrowed material;.
He died at Hamburg in He was a very prolific Hymn writer; over are attributed to him. Of his Cantata texts Bach set eight. On Neumeister see Spitta, i. Helbig, at Eisenach, in He was born at Weimar in , and, after holding public appointments at Arnstadt and Jena, was appointed Curator of the Ducal collection of coins and medals at Weimar in He died at Weimar in He was a prolific Hymn writer, but none of his Hymns appears among the which Bach used for his choral works.
The texts of the following Cantatas are by Franck: Of these twenty-one Cantatas nine Nos. The author of the libretto is not known Wustmann, p. See Bachjahrbuch, , p. The subject of the Cantata is remotely suggested by the Gospel for the Day. See the Epistle for the Day.
The authoress was the widow of an officer and resident in Leipzig. The following are the Cantatas for which she wrote the texts: See the Cantatas discussed in Spitta, iii. D 2 Gott der Hoffnung erfulle euch. A commentary on the conduct of Nicodemus in the Gospel for the Day. Donnerwort 1 , 5.
Bach himself arranged the latter part of it. Also for Rathswahl use. The text perhaps is by Bach. Also for a funeral. In the form in which the Cantata has come down to us it is not exactly congruous to either occasion. The score does not indicate the occasion for which it was composed. The occasion for which the Cantata was composed is not stated in the score. But see Wustmann, p. U 3 Herr Gott, Beherrscher aller Dinge 6.
D 1 Gedenke, Herr, wie es uns gehet 1. The score does not state the occasion for which the Cantata was composed. Choral Cantatas, The Embellished Choral Closely related to the Simple Choral is the Embellished, or decorated Simple, form, of which there are thirty-five examples in the Cantatas: The Aria Choral The term Aria, as Bach used it, connotes a song in rhythmical proportions for one or more voices. Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied 2. Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf 3.
Jesu, meine Freude 4. Neither the date nor the occasion of the Motett is ascertained. Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden 1. The following are the Hymns, tabulated under the names of their authors: The Hymn Tunes used by Bach During his Cantorship at Leipzig Bach systematically collected, harmonised, and in some cases refashioned, Hymn tunes whose qualities attracted him.
Therefore, excluding his own compositions, it appears that he introduced into the works that have come down to us the following one hundred and thirty-two Hymn tunes: Johann Rodolf Ahle Es ist genug; so nimm, Herr, meinen Geist. Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier 1. Gott des Himmels und der Erden. Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf. Das Jesulein soll doch mein Trost. Spitta himself attributes the following melodies to Bach, inaccurately in every case: Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein 1.
Second Sunday after Trinity c. Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid 1. Second Sunday after the Epiphany c. Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid Begegnet mir zu dieser Zeit. Der schmale Weg ist trubsalvoll, Den ich zum Himmel wandern soll. Wie schwerlich lasst sich Fleisch und Blut Zwingen zu dem ewigen Gut! Wo soll ich mich denn wenden hin? Zu dir, O 1 Jesu, steht mein Sinn. Christ lag in Todesbanden 1. Easter Day 2 Melody: Der Sunden Nacht ist verschwunden 2. Wo soll ich fliehen hin. Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity Melody: Wo soll ich fliehen hin, Weil ich beschweret bin Mit viel und grossen Sunden?
Wo soll 1 ich Rettung finden? Easter Monday Melody: Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam. Feast of St John Baptist c. Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity c. Und dann selber Erde werden.