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Front Page  Titles (by Subject) No. 23.: With all thy hosts ( Wir singen dir ) - Bach's Chorals, vol. 1 The Hymns and Hymn Melodies of the Passions and Oratorios
No. 23.: With all thy hosts ( Wir singen dir ) - 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. 23.
With all thy hosts (Wir singen dir)
For the melody, “Vom Himmel hoch,” see No. 9 supra.
As in the First Part, Bach is at pains to link the concluding number of the Second Part (No. 23) with its opening one (No. 10) by weaving into it the rhythm and subject of the Pastoral Symphony (No. 10). The employment of the same tune for the concluding number of both Parts also, no doubt, was intentional; for their action is simultaneous—the birth of Christ in Part One and its announcement to the shepherds in Part Two.
The words of the Choral are the second stanza of Paul Gerhardt’s (see the “St Matthew Passion,” No. 16) Christmas Hymn, “Wir singen dir, Immanuel,” which was first published in Johann Cruger’s Praxis Pietatis Melica, Berlin 1653: - Wir singen dir in deinem Heer
- Aus aller Kraft. Lob, Preis und Ehr;
- Dass du, O lang gewunschter Gast,
- Dich nunmehr eingestellet hast.
B.G. v. (2) 90.
English translations of the Hymn are noted in the Dictionary of Hymnology, p. 1288.
Form. Extended (2 Fl., 2 Ob. d’amore, 2 Ob. da caccia, Strings, Organ, and Continuo).
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