Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben
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Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben ("Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life") is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. In Wolfgang Schmieder's catalogue of Bach's works, it is BWV 147.
It was written in Leipzig for the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and was first performed on 2 July 1723.
The piece is written for trumpet, two oboes, bassoon, two violins, viola, basso continuo, and a standard four-part choir of soprano, alto, tenor, and basso. It is in ten movements:
- Chorus: "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben"
- Recitative: "Gebenedeiter Mund!"
- Aria "Schäme dich, o Seele nicht"
- Recitative "Verstockung kann Gewaltige veblenden"
- Aria "Bereite dir, Jesu, noch itzo die Bahn"
- Chorale "Wohl mir, daß ich Jesum habe"
- Aria "Hilf, Jesu, hilf, daß ich auch dich bekenne"
- Recitative "Der höchsten Allmacht Wunderhand"
- Aria "Ich will von Jesu Wundern singen"
- Chorale "Jesu bleibet meine Freude"
(The last movement is the famous "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring".)
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- Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147, by J. S. Bach
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