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 sixth and tenth chorale movements are based on a melody by Johann Schop, Werde munter, mein Gemüthe. This tune is now best known for the piano transcription by Dame Myra Hess of Hugh P. Allen's choral version of Bach's arrangement, to a poem by Robert Bridges, and is famous under the title "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" which approximately relates to "Jesu bleibet meine Freude", more closely translated as "Jesus shall remain my gladness".[1]
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Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147, by J. S. Bach - Problems playing the files? See media help.
[edit] References
- ^ Arnold, Denis (1983), The New Oxford Companion to Music, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0193113163
[edit] External links
- BWV 147 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben translation of lyrics.
- Video of the Bach Collegium Japan singing Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben
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