Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß, BWV 134

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A heart that knows its alive Jesus ( BWV 134) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was created for Easter from the secular cantata The time, day and year makes ( BWV 134a).

Occasion and content

The cantata was the second Easter cantata that Bach composed in Leipzig. He was there on Easter Sunday, 1724 his early chorale cantata Christ lag in death bands, BWV 4, re-listed, in the second of Easter the new cantata Rejoice, her heart. For the third of Easter, he edited a cantata which he had composed in Köthen for the New Year's Day 1719, The time, day and year makes.

The prescribed readings for the feast were Acts 13.26-33 LUT :26 -33 and Lk 24.36-49 LUT, the appearance of Jesus with the disciples in Jerusalem after his resurrection. The unknown lyricists worked on the secular cantata in the simplest manner by maintaining the order of the sentences and only the sentences 5 and 6 was omitted. This created an unusual church cantata, which initially consists of records for the alto and tenor soloists and does not end with a chant, but with a magnificent final chorus in which the soloists are still involved. The text refers only very generally to the Gospel with words such as " The Living Savior is blessed times." In the first aria the poet took the last two lines of the secular original. The second aria, as verse follows as the original the dactyl goes smoothly into a recitative in which the dispute with hell and Satan is mentioned. It was not until the second to last sentence speaks of death, victory and resurrection. The cantata is terminated by a praise - singing and price.

Construction

The cantata is divided into 6 sets:

  • Recitative ( Alto, Tenor ): A heart that knows its alive Jesus
  • Aria (Tenor ): On, believers! sing the lovely songs
  • Recitative ( Alto, Tenor ): Blessed are you, God has thought of you
  • Aria (Alto, Tenor): We thank and praise thy fervent love
  • Recitative ( Alto, Tenor ): But even würke the gratitude in our mouths
  • Chorus: Ring out, O heavens, and rejoice, O earth

The music of the cantata initially followed all the secular original. Her character is happy and " winning variably " (Hans -Joachim Schulze ).

Edits

The premiere took place, as already mentioned above, without modification of the composition instead, but Bach arrived in preparation for the cantata for the 3rd Easter Sunday, 1731 probably still doubts about the cover between music and lyrics. Therefore, he composed the sets 1, 3 and 5 new. A few years later it came to a completely revised score in which once improvements have been made.

Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis Gospel (liturgy) Sheet music Werner Neumann Christoph Wolff Ton Koopman Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 3 Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 33 Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39 Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42 Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, BWV 68 Alles nur nach Gottes Willen, BWV 72 Alles, was von Gott geboren, BWV 80a Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen, BWV 87 Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost, BWV 114 Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 121 Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein, BWV 128 Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131 Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn! BWV 132 Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz, BWV 136 Bringet dem Herrn Ehre seines Namens, BWV 148 Ach! ich sehe, itzt, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe, BWV 162 Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe, BWV 185 Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199 Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen, BWV 249a St Mark Passion (Bach)
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