By praise offered ye honor, ye honor me
Cantata for the 14th Sunday after Trinity BWV 17, 1726
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text (without music) for download, html file, Singing text, english translationhtml file, Singing text, english translation (Sample)1 CoroWho praise offers, so honors God,
2 Recitativo (Alto)
for such is the way,
that God’s salvation will be shown him.The world and all therein
3 Aria (Soprano)
are silent witnesses to God’s exalted majesty.
Air, water, firmament and earth,
all wonder at creation’s symmetry.
All nature joins in praise
for gifts to man unnumbered,
which in her lap the Father lays;
and all that breath God’s air,
and crave a portion of his blessings,
with hearts and tongues acclaim,
and joyful praise his name.Lord God, thy mercy great extends beyond the sky;
thy truth will penetrate to highest clouds of heaven.
If I did not well know...
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text (without music) for download, html file, Singing text, originalhtml file, Singing text, original (Sample)1 Coro
Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich,
2 Recitativo (Alto)
und das ist der Weg,
dass ich ihm zeige das Heil Gottes.Es muss die ganze Welt
3 Aria (Soprano)
ein stummer Zeuge werden
von Gottes hoher Majestät,
Luft, Wasser, Firmament und Erden,
wenn ihre Ordnung als in Schnuren geht;
ihn preiset die Natur
mit ungezählten Gaben,
die er ihr in den Schoß gelegt,
und was den Odem hegt,
will noch mehr Anteil an ihm haben,
wenn es zu seinem Ruhm,
so Zung als Fittich regt.Herr, deine Güte reicht,
soweit der Himmel ist,...
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text (without music) for download, html file, Introductory text, Englishhtml file, Introductory text, English (Sample)Foreword of the Edition Carus 31.017/03
Ulrich Leisingery
Translation: David KosvinerThe cantata Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich (Who praise offers, so honors God) BWV 17 was composed by Johann Sebastian Bach for 22 September 1726. Bach used a text from an annual cycle of cantatas which his older cousin Johann Ludwig Bach had set and from which at least 18 cantatas had been performed in Leipzig during the early part of 1726. By all appearances, the cantata texts were already available to be utilized for the church music in Meiningen in 1705 and thus belong to the oldest cantata librettos which combine Biblical quotations, free poetry and chorales. The librettist, who is not named, closely follows the Bible in his choice of words – not only in the case of the Biblical quotations found in the opening chorus (Psalm 50:23) and at the beginning of the second part of the cantata (Luke 17:15–16) – when he emphasizes God’s benefactions and the obligations which these place on human beings. The 3rd verse of the hymn “Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren” by Johann Gramann (1530) serves as the concluding chorale. In addition to the autograph score, which Bach only titled with J. J. Dominica 14 post Trinitatis.
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text (without music) for download, html file, Introductory text, Germanhtml file, Introductory text, German (Sample)Vorwort der Ausgabe Carus 31.017/03
Ulrich Leisinger
Die Kantate Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich BWV 17 wurde von Johann Sebastian Bach zum 22. September 1726 komponiert. Bach verwendete einen Text aus einem Kantatenjahrgang, den sein älterer Vetter Johann Ludwig Bach vertont hatte und aus dem wenigstens 18 Kantaten im Frühjahr 1726 in Leipzig aufgeführt wurden. Allem Anschein nach standen die Kantatentexte bereits 1705 für die Kirchenmusik in Meiningen zur Verfügung und gehören damit zu den ältesten kantatendichtungen, die Bibelwort, freie Dichtung und Choral verbinden. Der namentlich nicht bekannte Textdichter lehnt sich auch über die Bibelwortzitate im Eingangschor (Psalm 50, 23) und zu Beginn des zweiten Teils der Kantate (Lukas 17, 15–16) hinaus in der Wortwahl eng an die Bibel an, wenn er die Wohltaten Gottes und die den Menschen hieraus erwachsenden Verpflichtungen betont. Als Schlusschoral dient die 3. Strophe des Liedes „Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren“ von Johann Gramann (1530). Außer der autographen Partitur, die Bach nur mit J. J. Dominica 14 post Trinitatis. Concerto. überschrieben hat, sind auch die Originalstimmen erhalten geblieben. Der von Johann Sebastian Bach beschriftete Titelumschlag
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Johann Sebastian Bach
| 1685-1750Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most important composers of Western music history. He came from a widely ramified musical dynasty, which produced numerous musicians and organists in the Thuringian-Saxon area.
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Hans Grischkat
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