Chorale Melody - Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin

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Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin
Melody & Text \| Use of the CM by Bach \| Use of the CM by other composers \| Arragements/Transcriptions

Melody & Text:
Composition: Zahn: 3986 \| EKG: 310
Original Melody Source:
The original melody by Martin Luther appeared together with his text in “Geystliche Gesangk Buchleyn” (published by Johann Walter), Wittenberg 1524 in a 4-pt.setting by Walther:


Other Chorale Melody Sources:
A key source for Bach (one that he might have used) is the Gotha Hymnal from 1715 which shows the melody as follows:

Other earlier sources worth examining for earlier stages that might be closer to the Martin Luther original are listed below under Use of the CM by other composers.

Text: Mit Fried und Freud \| EKG: 310
Martin Luther based the text upon the ‘Nunc dimittis’ known in German as “Der Lobgesang Simeons” (“Simeon’s Song of Praise”) taken from Luke 2:27-32 (Luther Unrevised 1545 Bible)
>>Und da die Eltern das Kind JEsus in den Tempel brachten, daß sie für ihn täten, wie man pfleget nach dem Gesetz, ²⁸ da nahm er ihn auf seine Arme und lobete GOtt und sprach: ²⁹ HErr, nun lässest du deinen Diener im Frieden fahren, wie du gesagt hast; ³⁰ denn meine Augen haben deinen Heiland gesehen, ³¹ welchen du bereitet hast vor allen Völkern, ³² ein Licht, zu erleuchten die Heiden, und zum Preis deines Volks Israel.<<
[Luke 2:27-32 [NLT}
>>So when Mary and Joseph came to present the baby Jesus to the Lord as the law required, ²⁸ Simeon was there. He took the child in his arms and praised God, saying, ²⁹ "Lord, now I can die in peace! As you promised me, ³⁰ I have seen the Savior ³¹ you have given to all people. ³² He is a light to reveal God to the nations, and he is the glory of your people Israel!"<<

Use of the Chorale Melody by Bach:
Text: Mit Fried und Freud \| EKG: 310 Author: Martin Luther (1545)
Ver	Work	Mvt.	Year	Br	RE	KE	Di	BC	Score		Music Examples
4	BWV 83	Mvt. 5	1724	324	250	325	-	A167:5	PDF		Mvt. 5 (MG) [midi] \| Mvt. 5 (Leusink) [ram]
1	BWV 95	Mvt. 1	1723	-	-	-	-	A136:1	-		Mvt. 1 (Leusink) [ram]
1	BWV 106	Mvt. 3b	1707	-	-	-	-	B18:3b	-		Mvt. 3 (YFM) [midi] \| Mvt. 3 (Leusink) [ram]
1	BWV 125	Mvt. 1	1725	-	-	-	-	A168:1	-		Mvt. 1 (Leusink) [ram]
2	BWV 125	Mvt. 3	1725	-	-	-	-	A168:3	-		Mvt. 3 (Leusink) [ram]
4	BWV 125	Mvt. 6	1725	-	251	-	-	A168:6	PDF		Mvt. 6 (MG) [midi] \| Mvt. 6 (Leusink) [ram]







Untexted:
Ver	Work	Mvt.	Year	Br	RE	KE	Di	BC	Score	Music Examples
-	BWV 382	-	?	49	-	-	51	F144:1	PDF	Chorale (MG) [midi]
-	BWV 616	-	1713-15	-	-	-	-	K45	-



Use of the Chorale Melody by other composers:
Lupus [Wulfaert] Hellinck (c1494-1541): Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, 4-pt chorale setting (published 1544).

Bartholomäus Gesius (1555/1562-1613): Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin a 4-pt. setting (1601).

Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, 4-pt. chorale setting
Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630): Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, SATB [bc] (1627) Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, SS, bc (1618)
Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654): SSWV 302 Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin (chorale, Luke ii.29–32), STB, bc; SSWV 452 Mit Fried und Freud Tabulatur=Buch (1650).

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637?-1707): Mit Fried und Freud Cantata SB with 3 instr. or organ Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin chorale prelude for organ (1674).

Buxtehude quote by Hermann Keller in the Peters Edition (volume 2) of Buxtehude’s organ works:
>>These two chorale mvts., entitled by Buxtehude “Contrapunctus I and II,” are from the funeral music on the death of his father (1674) and are in quadruple counterpoint, i.e., the 4 voices can be mutually interchanged. In the “Evolutio” these possibilities are developed: in the 1^st the soprano becomes bass, bass becomes soprano, alto tenor, and tenor alto; the whole is transposed into the dominant. The 2^nd “Evolutio” brings (except for a few notes at the end) the mirror form; the voices are not only interchanged as in the first example but are also brought in inversion (compare Bach’s “Kunst der Fuge,” Contrapunctus XVI, XVII and XVIII.)<<
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767): Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin (I), sacred cantata for chorus, 2 violins, viola, double-bass & continuo, TWV 1:1140 (~ 1729) Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin (II), sacred cantata for voice, violin & continuo (fragment), TWV deest
Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748): Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin 4-pt. setting (1524). See: Score
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Motet Warum ist das Licht gegeben op.74 no.1 (1877)
>>The motet Warum ist das Licht gegeben op.74 no.1 (1877), one of Brahms's finest a cappella works, draws extensively on material originally composed for the Missa canonica of 1856, set to an assemblage of biblical passages crafted by Brahms. Anxious homophonic queries (‘Warum?’) punctuating a densely chromatic fugal texture give way to imitative entries ascending in six parts, as humankind lifts its hands to God. A steadily progressing melody underlaid with imitative voices effectively conveys the patience of Job. The motet closes peacefully with a cantional setting of the Lutheran chorale Mit Fried und Freud.<< George S. Bozarth and Walter Frisch in the Grove Music Online (Oxford University Press, 2005, acc. 9/23/05)
Max Reger (1873-1916): Mit Fried und Freud fahr ich dahin, Chorale Prelude for Organ, Op. 79b/5 (1901-1903) Chorale Prelude for organ (Mit Fried und Freud fahr ich dahin), Op. 79/10 (1901-1903)
Ernst Pepping (1901-1981): Partita no.3 Mit Fried und Freud, for organ (1953)

Arrangements/Transcriptions of Bach's use of the Chorale Melody:
See list of Piano Transcriptions of BWV 616 by various composers/arrangers at: Piano Transcriptions of Bach's Works - Index by BWV Number Part 4: Chorale Preludes for Organ

Sources: NBA, vols. III/2.1 & 2.2 in particular [Bärenreiter, 1954 to present] and the BWV ("Bach Werke Verzeichnis") [Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998] The PDF files of the Chorales were contributed by Margaret Greentree J.S. Bach Chorales Software: Capella 2004 Software, version 5.1. Prepared by Thomas Braatz & Aryeh Oron (September 2005)
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