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Motet BWV Anh 159
Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn
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Event: Motet for 2 Choirs for Funeral or later Remembrance of the Deceased Service.
Possibly for the Funeral of the Mayor of Arnstadt’s wife, Margarethe Feldhaus, née Wedemann on July 3, 1713.
Text: Genesis 32:27 (Section I); 3rd verse of a chorale “Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz” by Erasmus Alber (Section II)
Composer: Sections I & II by J.S. Bach; Final Chorale probably not by J.S. Bach |
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Original German Text |
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Section I [S, A, T, B / S, A, T, B] |
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Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn,
Mein Jesu ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn! |
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Section II [S, A, T, B / S, A, T, B] |
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Weil du mein Gott und Vater bist,
dein Kind wirst du verlassen nicht. |
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Anhang (Final Chorale) [S, A, T, B / S, A, T, B] |
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Dir, Jesu, Gottes Sohn, sei Preis,
daß ich aus deinem Worte weiß,
was ewig selig macht!
Gib das ich nun auch fest und true
in diesem meinem Glauben sei. |
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Ich bringe Lob und Ehre dir,
daß du ein ewig Heil auch mir
durch deinen Tod erwarbst.
Herr, dieses Heil gewähre mir,
und ewig, ewig dank ich dir. |
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Contributed by Thomas Braatz (July 2005) |
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Motets BWV 225-231 : Details
Recordings: Until 1970 | 1971-1980 | 1981-1990 | 1991-2000 | From 2001
General Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Systematic Discussions: BWV 225 | BWV 226 | BWV 227 | BWV 228 | BWV 229 | BWV 230 | BWV 231 | BWV 225-231 - Summary
Individual Recordings: Motets - Cantus Cölln | Motets - Ericson | Motets - Fasolis | Motets - Harnoncourt | Motets - Kammler
BWV Anh 159: German-5 | English-5 | Eng-10 | Hungarian-2 |
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Original Texts of Non-Bach, Lost & Fragmentary Works (German-5) : Sorted by BWV Number | Sorted by Title | Sorted by Event |
