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Chorales BWV 250-438: Details and Recordings
Individual Recordings: Hilliard - Morimur | Chorales - N. Matt | Chorales - H. Rilling | Preludi ai Corali - Quartetto Italiani di Viola Da Gamba
Discussions: Motets & Chorales for Events in the LCY / Chorales by Theme | General Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Chorales in Bach Cantatas: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Passion Chorale
References: Chorales BWV 250-300 | Chorales BWV 301-350 | Chorales BWV 351-400 | Chorales BWV 401-438 | 371 4-Part Chorales sorted by Breitkopf Number | Texts & Translations of Chorales BWV 250-438
Chorale Texts: Sorted by Title | Chorale Melodies: Sorted by Title | Explanation
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 [A. Schweitzer] | The Origin of the Melodies of the Chorales [A. Schweitzer] | The Chorale in the Church Service [A. Schweitzer] | Choral / Chorale [C.S. Terry] | Hidden Chorale Melody Allusions [T. Braatz] | The History of the Breitkopf Collection of J. S. Bach’s Four-Part Chorales [T. Braatz] | The World of the Bach Chorale Settings [W.L. Hoffman]
Hymnals: Hymnals used by Bach | Wagner Hymnal 1697 | Evangelisches Gesangbuch 1995 | Dietel Chorale List c1734
Abbreviations used for the Chorales | Links to other Sites about the Chorales


Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works
Ihr Knecht des Herren allzugleich

Melody & Text | Use of the CM by Bach | Use of the CM by other composers

 

Melody & Text:

"Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiemit". First published in the New Ordentlich Gesang-Buch, Hannover, 1646, No. 217 (beginning "Für deinen Thron"), in 15 st. of 4 1., introduced by the words, "In the morning, at midday, and in the evening one can sing." In the Lüneburg Gesang-Buch, 1669, it is ascribed to Justus Gesenius, who had probably altered it somewhat. Included as No. 1131 in the Berlin Geistliche Lieder, ed. 1863. The only translation of this form is "Before Thy Throne I now appear," by J.C. Jacobi, 1720, p. 37 (1722, p. 108; 1732, p. 171). Another form is that given by Bunsea in his Versuch, 1833, No. 49, in 10 stanzas, beginning:
Ich danke dir mit Herz und Mund. St. i. is altered from st. xi.; st. ii.-x. are st. ii., v.-x., xiv., xv. The only translation of this form is "With heart, and mind, and every power," by H. J. Buckoll, 1842, p. 71. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.)
Source: Hymnary.org (from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, 1907)

The melody of Chorale Prelude Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit (I), BWV 668, as well as Chorale Prelude Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 641 and the Chorales Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 431; BWV 432 is Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein (Zahn 394) by Guillaume Franc (1543) / Johann Baptista Serranus (1567).

Melody: Zahn 368
Composer: Anon (probably Louis Bourgeois) (1551)

 

Text: Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit (ELG 315)
Author: Bodo von Hodenberg (1640 / 1646) | Revised by Justus Gesenius (1650)

Hymnal versions Bach may have known:

 
 

Use of the Chorale Melody by Bach:

Text: Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit

Chorale Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit, BWV 327
Rerf: RE 333; Br 334; KE 132; AmB 46II p.66; BGA 74, BC F105.2; CST 374

 
 

Use of the Chorale Melody by other composers:

 
 

Sources: Bach Digital; BGA; Zahn; BCML discussions on BCW; Charles Sanford Terry's Bach Chorals books
Photos from Gottfried Vopelius: Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch (Vopelius 1682) & Christian Friedrich Witt: Psalmodia Sacra, Oder: Andächtige und schöne Gesänge… (Gotha Hymnal, 1715), were taken from digital copies of the books downloaded from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München. These copies are Out of copyright - non commercial re-use (Europeana Rights).
Prepared by Aryeh Oron (October 2018)


Chorales BWV 250-438: Details and Recordings
Individual Recordings: Hilliard - Morimur | Chorales - N. Matt | Chorales - H. Rilling | Preludi ai Corali - Quartetto Italiani di Viola Da Gamba
Discussions: Motets & Chorales for Events in the LCY / Chorales by Theme | General Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Chorales in Bach Cantatas: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Passion Chorale
References: Chorales BWV 250-300 | Chorales BWV 301-350 | Chorales BWV 351-400 | Chorales BWV 401-438 | 371 4-Part Chorales sorted by Breitkopf Number | Texts & Translations of Chorales BWV 250-438
Chorale Texts: Sorted by Title | Chorale Melodies: Sorted by Title | Explanation
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 [A. Schweitzer] | The Origin of the Melodies of the Chorales [A. Schweitzer] | The Chorale in the Church Service [A. Schweitzer] | Choral / Chorale [C.S. Terry] | Hidden Chorale Melody Allusions [T. Braatz] | The History of the Breitkopf Collection of J. S. Bach’s Four-Part Chorales [T. Braatz] | The World of the Bach Chorale Settings [W.L. Hoffman]
Hymnals: Hymnals used by Bach | Wagner Hymnal 1697 | Evangelisches Gesangbuch 1995 | Dietel Chorale List c1734
Abbreviations used for the Chorales | Links to other Sites about the Chorales




 

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