Come, sweet death, thou blessed healer
Cantata for the 16th Sunday after Trinity BWV 161, 1716
The cantate was most likely performed for the first time on 27 September, the 16th Sunday after Trinity, 1716 at the Schlosskirche in Weimar. The text originated from the Kantatenjahrgang (yearly cantata cycle), "Evangelisches Andachts-Opffer" (Evangelical Devotional Offering) by the secretary of the Weimar high conistory, Salomon Franck. The sermon text for the 16th Sunday after Trinity, the raising of the boy from the dead at Nain (Luke 7: 11-14), is only indirectly reflected in Franck's cantata text. In a prevalent interpretation from that period of this biblical text, the raising of the dead is seen as an allegory for the resurrection of the faithful.
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text (without music) for download, html file, Singing text, english translationhtml file, Singing text, english translation (Sample)1 Aria (Alto)Come, sweet death, thou blessed healer,
2 Recitativo (Tenore)
welcome rest,
perfect peace,
quiet everlasting.
Make my passing swift and easy,
tarry not,
come, O come!
Take me to my final haven.World, all your joys are brief,
a sugared poison bringing naught but grief,
a flashing star,
that burns to cinder,
thy roses filled with hidden thorns,
unnumbered, which will prick
my soul to touch the quick.
To me pale death is like a rosy morning,
when over gloomy night victorious,
the sun arises bright and glorious....
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text (without music) for download, html file, Singing text, originalhtml file, Singing text, original (Sample)1 Aria (Alto)
Komm, du süße Todesstunde,
2 Recitativo (Tenore)
da mein Geist
Honig speist
aus des Löwen Munde.
Mache meinen Abschied süße,
säume nicht,
letztes Licht,
dass ich meinen Heiland küsse.Welt! deine Lust ist Last!
Dein Zucken ist mir als ein Gift verhasst!
Dein Freudenlicht
ist mein Komete,
und wo man deine Rosen bricht,
sind Dornen ohne Zahl
zu meiner Seelen Qual!
Der blasse Tod
ist meine Morgenröte,
mit solcher geht mir auf die Sonne,...
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Composer
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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Editor
Uwe Wolf
| 1961Uwe Wolf studied musicology, history, and historical ancillary science at Tübingen and Göttingen. After receiving his doctorate in 1991 he was a research assistant at the Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut in Göttingen. From 2004 he worked at the Bach-Archiv Leipzig. There he directed a both research departments, was substantially responsible for the redisigning of the Bach Museum, and he developed the digital Online-Projekt Bach. Since October 2011 he has been the Chief Editor at Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart. He has taught at various universities and also belongs to the editorial boards of several complete editions. Personal details
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Songwriter / Librettist
Salomon Franck
| 1659-1725
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Translator
Henry Drinker
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