The Lord your God you shall now be loving
Cantata for the 13th Sunday after Trinity BWV 77, 1723
Bach composed the cantata Du sollst Gott, deinen Herrn lieben (The Lord your God you shall now be loving), BWV 77, for the 13th Sunday after Trinity in 1723. Together with BWV 64 and 69.1, it belongs to a small group of cantatas on texts by Johann Oswald Knauer which were written for Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel. The work commences with one of Bach’s most artful cantata movements. The opening chorus with accompanying string ensemble is embedded, as it were, in the instrumental chorale “Dies sind die heiligen zehn Gebot” (These are the Holy Ten Commandments), performed canonically (according to God’s law!) by trumpet (from above) and basso continuo (from below, where it is augmented), with a total of ten entries; thus all the Ten Commandments are contained within the command to love God and one’s neighbor. We can only speculate about the use of the trumpet in the second aria, “Ach, es bleibt in meiner Liebe lauter Unvollkommenheit” (Yes, my love is never perfect), for trumpet, alto and basso continuo. Does the frequent occurrence of the C-sharp, which is difficult to play on the baroque instrument, really indicate the use of slide trumpet? Or may it not instead be intended as a representation of imperfection?
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text (without music) for download, html file, Singing text, english translationhtml file, Singing text, english translation (Sample)1 Coro con ChoralThe Lord your God with all your heart
2 Recitativo (Basso)
you shall now be loving,
with all your spirit, with strength and power,
from within all your being; and love your neighbour as yourself.This is God’s way!
3 Aria (Soprano)
He wants our heart for him alone as dwelling.
We must seek God, the Lord our Saviour,
with great desire and fervour.
The joy we have within
is kindled by the Spirit,
it is a joy divine.
For only then can God’s
great merit surround us with his grace sublime.My God I love you now,
with all my heart I love you;
may all my life on you depend....
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text (without music) for download, html file, Singing text, originalhtml file, Singing text, original (Sample)1 Coro con Choral
Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben von ganzem Herzen,
2 Recitativo (Basso)
von ganzer Seele, von allen Kräften und von ganzem Gemüte
und deinen Nächsten als dich selbst.So muss es sein!
3 Aria (Soprano)
Gott will das Herz vor (für) sich alleine haben!
Man muss den Herrn von ganzer Seelen
zu seiner Lust erwählen
und sich nicht mehr erfreun,
als wenn er das Gemüte
durch seinen Geist entzündt,
weil wir nur seiner Huld und Güte als denn erst recht versichert sind.Mein Gott ich liebe dich von Herzen,
4 Recitativo (Tenore)
mein ganzes Leben hangt dir an.
Lass mich doch dein Gebot erkennen,
und in Liebe so entbrennen,
dass ich dich ewig lieben kann....
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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.
Bach vocal
Ever since Carus-Verlag was founded in 1972, publishing the music of Johann Sebastian Bach has been a special focus for us. In the 2017 Reformation anniversary year we completed the Bach vocal project. Bach's complete sacred vocal works are now available in modern Urtext editions, together with performance material. A complete edition of all the full scores is also available in a high quality box set. Personal details
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Editor
Reinhold Kubik
| 1942
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Songwriter / Librettist
Johann Oswald Knauer
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Continuo realization
Paul Horn
| 1922-2016Paul Horn war ein deutscher Kirchenmusiker, Organist, Komponist und Musikwissenschaftler. Er studierte Kirchenmusik und Orgel an der Evangelischen Kirchenmusikschule Esslingen am Neckar bei Hans-Arnold Metzger und Musikwissenschaft, Theologie und Geschichte an der Universität Tübingen. Seine berufliche Laufbahn begann als Kantor an der Evangelischen Michaelskirche in Stuttgart-Degerloch. 1954 wurde er Kantor an der Evangelischen Stadtkirche Ravensburg, eine Position, die er bis zu seiner Pensionierung innehatte. Als Musikwissenschaftler arbeitete Horn bis ins hohe Alter eng mit Carus zusammen. So stammen zahlreiche Carus-Klavierauszüge aus seiner Feder. Personal details
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Translator
Vernon Wicker
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