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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 Texts used in Bach's Vocal Works
Ach Gott, erhör' mein Seufzen und Wehklagen
Text and Translation of Chorale

Ref. in hymnals/hymn books:
Author: Jakob Peter Schechs (1648)
Chorale Melody: Ach Gott, erhör mein Seufzen und Wehklagen (Zahn 1831a) | Composer: Anon (Frankfurt/Main, 1662)
Theme: In time of trouble

Description:

 

Vocal Works by J.S. Bach:

Chorale Ach Gott, erhör mein Seufzen und Wehklagen, BWV 254
Ref: RE 186; Br 186; KE: 2; Birnstiel 192; AmB 46II p.187; Penzel 181; BGA 2; BC F 1.1; CST 3

Vocal Works by J.S. Bach:

German Text (verses in bold print set by Bach)

English Translation

1. Ach Gott, erhör mein seufzen und wehklagen,
Laß mich in meiner noth nicht gar verzagen,
Du weist den schmerz
Derkennst mein herz,
Hast du mirs aufgelegt, so hilf mirs tragen.

1. Give ear, O Lord, and mark my sore complaining,
Nor leave me in my strait, my need disdaining!
Thou know'st my smart,
Thou read'st my heart:
Then, help me bear my load : 'tis Thine ordaining.

2. Gib mir geduld und tröst du mein herze,
In aller angst und allem seelen-schmerze:
Sey Jesu du,
Mein trost und ruh,
Hilf, das ich ja nicht selbst mein herz verscherze.

2. For everything we do is of Thy willing;
'Tis Thou dost chide, 'tis Thou dost grant a blessing.
Am I Thy son
And grace have won?
Then send Thy light from out the cloud's dark lining.

3. Phlanz mir geduld durch deinen Geist ins herze,
Und hilf, das ich es acht für keinen schmerze,
Zu deiner zeit
Wend ab mein leid;
Durch merk und bein dringt mir der grosse schmerze.

 

4. Du hast, mein Gott, ja meiner nie vergessen,
Wann ich in angst und trauren oft gefessen;
In höchster noth
Warst du mein Gott,
Wenn ich mein leiden oft nicht kont ermessen.

4. I know that in Thy heart Thou ever lov'st me,
That anxious thoughts torment my spirit vainly:
Come aught that may,
God is my Stay,
E'en though a heavy cross of woe He sends me.

5. Es hat kein unglück nie so lang gewähret,
Es hat doch endlich wieder aufgehöret,
Biet mir die händ,
Und machs ein end,
Auf dieser erd, mein herz sonst nichts begheret.

 

6. Soll ich noch mehr um deinet willen leiden,
So steh mir, Herr, mit deiner kraft zur seiten,
Fein ritterlich,
Beständiglich,
Hilf mir die widersacher all bestreiten.

 

7. Daß ich durch deinen Geist mög überwinden,
Und mich allzeit in deinem haus laß finden,
Zum preiß und dank
Mit lobegesang,
Mit dir will ich aus liebe mich verbinden.

7. So may we one day joyous rise before Thee
And with the blesséd ones above adore Thee!
O rapture rare!
Lord, hear my prayer,
Through Jesus Christ our Saviour now in glory !

   

Source of German Text: Hymnary.org
English Translation:
Charles Sanford Terry | Source of English Translation: Charles Sanford Terry: The Four-Part Chorals of J.S. Bach (Oxford University Press, 1929), p 3
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (September 2018 - November 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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