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Herzlich tut mich verlangen
Text and Translation of Chorale

EKG: 435
Author: Christoph Knoll (1611)
Chorale Melody: Befiehl du deine Wege (I) | Composer: Hans Leo Hassler (1601)

Vocal Works by J.S. Bach:

Ver

Work

Mvt.

Year

Br

RE

KE

Di

BC

Type

1

BWV 161

Mvt. 1

1715/16

-

-

-

-

A135:1

Aria w/ Chorale [A]

4

BWV 161

Mvt. 6

1715/16

270

161

270

34

A135:6

Chorale [S, A, T, B]

BWV 161/6: Dietel 34 entitled Befiehl du deine Wege, Breitkopf 270 entitled Befiehl du deine Wege.

German Text (verses in bold print set by Bach)

English Translation

1

To be added

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6

7

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10

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12

13

14

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English Translation by Francis Browne (January 2006)
Contributed by Francis Browne (January 2006)

Cantata BWV 161: Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2
German Text | Translations: Dutch-4 | English-1 | English-6 | French-3 | French-4 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Indonesian | Italian-2 | Russian-1 | Spanish-4

Chorales BWV 250-438
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References: Chorales BWV 250-300 | Chorales BWV 301-350 | Chorales BWV 351-400 | Chorales BWV 401-438
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MIDI files of the Chorales: Cantatas BWV 1-197 | Other Vocal Works BWV 225-248 | Chorales BWV 250-438
Articles: The Origin of the Texts of the Chorales [Schweitzer] | The Origin of the Melodies of the Chorales [Schweitzer] | The Chorale in the Church Service [Schweitzer] | Choral / Chorale [Terry] | The History of the Breitkopf Collection of J. S. Bach’s Four-Part Chorales [Braatz] | Chorale Melody Allusions in Bach's Vocal Works [Braatz]
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