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No. 46.: All darkness flies ( Dein Glanz all’ Finsterniss verzehrt ) - 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. 46.

All darkness flies (Dein Glanz all’ Finsterniss verzehrt)

For Seth Calvisius’ melody, “In dich hab’ ich gehoffet, Herr,” see the “St Matthew Passion,” No. 38.

The words of the Choral are the sixth and last stanza of Georg Weissel’s Hymn, “Nun liebe Seel’, nun ist es Zeit.” Weissel was born at Domnau in 1590, and in 1623 became pastor of the newly built Altrossgart Church at Konigsberg. He held the post until his death in 1635. He was one of the best of the early Prussian hymn-writers. His writings were published in the Preussischen Festlieder (Pt i., Elbing, 1642; Pt ii., Konigsberg, 1644). The Hymn, “Nun liebe Seel’,” appeared in Pt i. of the Festlieder:

  • Dein Glanz all’ Finsterniss verzehrt,
  • Die trube Nacht in Licht verkehrt.
  • Leit’ uns auf1 deinen Wegen,
  • Dass dein Gesicht
  • Und herrlich’s Licht
  • Wir ewig schauen mogen!
  • B.G. v. (2) 190.

Form. Simple (2 Ob. d’amore, Strings, Organ, and Continuo).