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Front Page Titles (by Subject) No. 22 1 .: Thy bonds, O Son of God Most High ( Durch dein Gefangniss, Gottes Sohn ) - Bach's Chorals, vol. 1 The Hymns and Hymn Melodies of the Passions and Oratorios
No. 22 1 .: Thy bonds, O Son of God Most High ( Durch dein Gefangniss, Gottes Sohn ) - Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach’s Chorals, vol. 1 The Hymns and Hymn Melodies of the “Passions” and Oratorios [1915]Edition used:Bach’s Chorals. Part I: The Hymns and Hymn Melodies of the “Passions” and Oratorios, by Charles Sanford Terry (Cambridge University Press, 1915-1921). 3 vols. Vol. 1.
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- Prefatory Note
- Errata
- The St Matthew Passion (1728—1729)
- No. 1.: O Lamb of God Most Holy ( O Lamm Gottes Unschuldig ) 1
- No. 3.: O Blessed Jesu, How Hast Thou Offended ( Herzliebster Jesu, Was Hast Du Verbrochen )
- No. 16.: My Sin It Is Which Binds Thee ( Ich Bin’s, Ich Sollte Bussen )
- No. 21.: Receive Me, My Redeemer ( Erkenne Mich, Mein Huter )
- No. 23.: Here Would I Stand Beside Thee ( Ich Will Hier Bei Dir Stehen )
- No. 25.: My Saviour, Why Must All This Ill Befall Thee ? ( Was Ist Die Ursach’ Aller Solcher Plagen? )
- No. 31.: O Father, Let Thy Will Be Done ( Was Mein Gott Will )
- No. 35.: O Man, Thy Grievous Sin Bemoan ( O Mensch, Bewein’ Dein’ Sunde Gross )
- No. 38.: How Falsely Doth the World Accuse ! ( Mir Hat Die Welt Truglich Gericht’t )
- No. 46.: O Lord, Who Dares to Smite Thee ? ( Wer Hat Dich So Geschlagen )
- No. 49.: Lamb of God, I Fall Before Thee ( Bin Ich Gleich Von Dir Gewichen )
- No. 53.: Commit Thy Way to Jesus ( Befiehl Du Deine Wege )
- No. 55.: O Wondrous Love, That Suffers This Correction! ( Wie Wunderbarlich Ist Doch Diese Strafe! )
- No. 63.: O Sacred Head, Surrounded ( O Haupt Voll Blut )
- No. 72.: Be Near Me, Lord, When Dying ( Wenn Ich Einmal Soll Scheiden )
- The St John Passion (1723)
- No. 4 1 .: O Wondrous Love ( O Grosse Lieb ’) 2
- No. 5 1 .: Thy Will, O Lord, Be Done ( Dein Will’ Gescheh’ )
- No. 8 1 .: O Lord, Who Dares to Smite Thee ? ( Wer Hat Dich So Geschlagen )
- No. 11 2 .: Peter, Faithless, Thrice Denies ( Petrus, Der Nicht Denkt Zuruck )
- No. 12 1 .: See the Lord of Life and Light ( Christus, Der Uns Selig Macht )
- No. 15 1 .: O Mighty King ( Ach, Grosser Konig )
- No. 22 1 .: Thy Bonds, O Son of God Most High ( Durch Dein Gefangniss, Gottes Sohn )
- No. 28 1 .: Within Our Inmost Being ( In Meines Herzens Grunde )
- No. 30 1 .: While His Parting Spirit Sinks ( Er Nahm Alles Wohl In Acht )
- No. 32 1 .: Jesu, Thou Who Knewest Death ( Jesu, Der Du Warest Todt )
- No. 35 3 .: Help Us, Christ, Almighty Son ( O Hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn )
- No. 37 1 .: Lord Jesus, Thy Dear Angel Send ( Ach Herr, Lass Dein Lieb’ Engelein )
- The Christmas Oratorio (1734)
- No. 5.: How Shall I Fitly Meet Thee 1 ( Wie Soll Ich Dich Empfangen )
- No. 7.: For Us to Earth He Cometh Poor ( Er Ist Auf Erden Kommen Arm )
- No. 9.: Ah! Dearest Jesus, Holy Child ( Ach, Mein Herzliebes Jesulein! )
- No. 12.: Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light ( Brich An, O Schones Morgenlicht )
- No. 17.: Within Yon Gloomy Manger ( Schaut Hin! Dort Liegt )
- No. 23.: With All Thy Hosts ( Wir Singen Dir )
- No. 28.: The Lord Hath All These Wonders Wrought ( Dies Hat Er Alles Uns Gethan )
- No. 33.: Thee With Tender Care I’ll Cherish ( Ich Will Dich Mit Fleiss Bewahren )
- No. 35.: Rejoice, and Sing ( Seid Froh, Dieweil )
- Nos. 38 & 40.: Jesus, Thou That For Me Livest ( Jesu Du, Mein Liebstes Leben ) Jesu, Thou My Joy and Pleasure ( Jesu, Meine Freud’ Und Wonne )
- No. 42.: Jesus Who Didst Ever Guide Me ( Jesus Richte Mein Beginnen )
- No. 46.: All Darkness Flies ( Dein Glanz All’ Finsterniss Verzehrt )
- No. 53.: This Proud Heart Within Us Swelling ( Zwar Ist Solche Herzensstube )
- No. 59.: Beside Thy Cradle Here I Stand ( Ich Steh’ an Deiner Krippen Hier )
- No. 64.: Now Vengeance Hath Been Taken ( Nun Seid Ihr Wohl Gerochen )
- The Ascension Oratorio (cantata 11, Lobet Gott In Seinen Reichen ) ( Circ. 1736)
- No. 6.: Now At Thy Feet Creation Lies 1 ( Nun Lieget Alles Unter Dir )
- No. 11.: When Will the Night Be Over ? ( Wann Soll Es Doch Geschehen )
No. 22 .
Thy bonds, O Son of God Most High (Durch dein Gefangniss, Gottes Sohn)
 Melody: “Mach’s mit mir, Gott, nach deiner Gut’ ” Johann Hermann Schein 1628
The melody and Hymn, “Mach’s mit mir, Gott, nach deiner Gut’,” composed and written by Johann Hermann Schein, were first published together in broadsheet form (Leipzig, 1628) as a “Trost-Liedlein” for five voices. The melody and Hymn (stanzas i.-v.) were included in Schein’s Cantional Oder Gesang-Buch Augsburgischer Confession, of which the second edition was published at Leipzig in 1645 (first edition, 1627). The melody is generally known as “Eisenach.”
Schein was born at Grunhain, Saxony, in 1586. In 1616, having recently been appointed Kapellmeister at the ducal court of Saxe-Weimar, he succeeded Seth Calvisius as Cantor of St Thomas’ Church, Leipzig. He held the post until his death in 1630, and was one of the most distinguished musicians of the period. Of the 237 Choral melodies in his Cantional, 81 are by him.
Bach uses the melody elsewhere in the Cantatas, “Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott” (No. 139), for the Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity; and “Ich steh’ mit einem Fuss im Grabe” (No. 156), for the Third Sunday after Epiphany. There is another harmonisation of the tune in the Choralgesange, No. 237.
The words of the Choral are from an unknown source. Their workmanship does not suggest the “delicate unknown poet” who revised Brockes’ text of the “Passion” for Bach, whom Schweitzer (vol. ii. 175) conjectures to be the author of the text of the Cantatas “Sie werden aus Saba Alle kommen” (No. 65), “Mein liebster Jesu ist verloren” (No. 154), and “Du wahrer Gott und Davidssohn” (No. 23). The stanza is discoverable neither in Brockes’ libretto (set to music by Handel and others), nor in the 1697 (Leipzig) eight-volumed Hymn-Book, from which Bach chiefly drew his Choral texts. - Durch dein Gefangniss, Gottes Sohn,
- Ist uns die Freiheit kommen,
- Dein Kerker ist der Gnadenthron,
- Die Freistatt aller Frommen,
- Denn gingst du nicht die Knechtschaft ein,
- Musst’ unsre Knechtschaft ewig sein.
B.G. xii. (1) 74.
Form. Simple (2 Fl., 2 Ob., Strings, Organ, and Continuo).
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