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No. 30 1 .: While his parting spirit sinks ( Er nahm Alles wohl in Acht ) - Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach’s Chorals, vol. 1 The Hymns and Hymn Melodies of the “Passions” and Oratorios [1915]

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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.

Part of: Bach’s Chorals, 3 vols.

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No. 301 .

While his parting spirit sinks (Er nahm Alles wohl in Acht)

For Melchior Vulpius’ melody, “Jesu Kreuz, Leiden und Pein,” see No. 11 supra.

The words of the Choral are the twentieth stanza of Paul Stockmann’s Passiontide Hymn, “Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod” (see No. 11):

  • Er nahm Alles wohl in Acht
  • In der letzten Stunde,
  • Seine Mutter noch bedacht’,
  • Setzt ihr ein’n Vormunde.
  • O Mensch, mache Richtigkeit,
  • Gott und Menschen liebe,
  • Stirb darauf ohn’ alles Leid,
  • Und dich nicht betrube!
  • B.G. xii. (1) 103.

Form. Simple (2 Fl., 2 Ob., Strings, Organ, and Continuo).