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Cantata LXVII.: Halt’ im Gedachtniss Jesum Christ 2 . First Sunday after Easter (“Quasimodo geniti”) ( c. 1725) - Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach’s Chorals, vol. 2 The Hymns and Hymn Melodies of the Cantatas and Motetts [1917]

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Bach’s Chorals. Part I: 2 The Hymns and Hymn Melodies of the Cantatas and Motetts, by Charles Sanford Terry (Cambridge University Press, 1915-1921). 3 vols. Vol. 2.

Part of: Bach’s Chorals, 3 vols.

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Cantata LXVII.

Halt’ im Gedachtniss Jesum Christ2 . First Sunday after Easter (“Quasimodo geniti”) (c. 1725)

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Melody: “Erschienen ist der herrlich’ Tag”

Nicolaus Herman 1560

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Melody: “Erstanden ist der heil’ge Christ”

Anon. 15551

(a)

The melody and words of the fourth movement are those of the Easter Hymn, “Erschienen ist der herrlich’ Tag,” of which Nicolaus Herman was both author and composer. The Hymn and melody were first published in his Die Sontags Euangelia uber das gantze Jar (Wittenberg, 1560). Both are reminiscent of the Easter Hymn, “Erstanden ist der heil’ge Christ.”

The melody occurs also in Cantata 145. Bach’s third line is found in an early seventeenth century (1605) text. Organ Works, N. xv. 91.

The words of the Choral are the first stanza of the Hymn:

  • Erschienen ist der herrlich’ Tag,
  • D’ran sich Niemand g’nug freuen mag:
  • Christ, unser Herr, heut’ triumphirt,
  • All’ sein’ Feind’ er gefangen führt.
  • Alleluja!

  • B.G. xvi. 233.

Translations of the Hymn into English are noted in the Dictionary of Hymnology, p. 514.

Form. Simple (Corno da tirarsi, Flauto, 2 Ob. d’amore, Strings, Organ, Continuo). Choralgesange, No. 83.

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Melody: “Du Friedefurst, Herr Jesu Christ”

Bartholomaus Gesius 1601

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The words of the concluding Choral are from Jakob Ebert’s Hymn for Peace, “Du Friedefurst, Herr Jesu Christ.”

Ebert was born at Sprottau, in Silesia, in 1549. He was successively Professor of Hebrew, Ethics, and Theology in the University of Frankfort a. Oder, and died there in 1614. The Hymn, with the melody, was first published in Bartholomaus Gesius’ Geistliche deutsche Lieder (Frankfort a. Oder, 1601).

The melody is by Bartholomaus Gesius. He was born c. 1555 at Muncheberg, near Frankfort, and from 1593 onwards was Cantor at Frankfort. He died there in 1613 or 1614.

The melody is used also in Cantatas 116 and 143. The last line of Bach’s version of the melody is a variant upon Crüger’s text (1649) of the tune.

The words of the Choral are the first stanza of the Hymn:

  • Du Friedefurst, Herr Jesu Christ,
  • Wahr’r Mensch und wahrer Gott,
  • Ein starker Nothhelfer du bist
  • Im Leben und im Tod
  • Drum wir allein
  • Im Namen dein
  • Zu deinem Vater schreien.

  • B.G. xvi. 246.

Translations of the Hymn into English are noted in the Dictionary of Hymnology, p. 319.

Form. Simple (Corno da tirarsi, Flauto, 2 Ob. d’amore, Strings, Organ, Continuo). Choralgesange, No. 68.

[2 ] An English version of the Cantata, “Hold in remembrance Jesus Christ,” is published by Breitkopf & Haertel.

[1 ]Ein Schlesich singebuchlein aus Gottlicher schrifft (Breslau. 1555).