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Cantata XCVI.: Herr Christ, der ein’ge Gottes-Sohn. Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity ( c. 1740) - 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 XCVI.

Herr Christ, der ein’ge Gottes-Sohn. Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity (c. 1740)

A Choral Cantata, on Elisabethe Cruciger’s Christmas Hymn, “Herr Christ, der einig’ Gott’s Sohn” (see Cantata 22).

The melody of the opening and concluding movements is that of the Hymn (see Cantata 22).

(a)

The words of the opening movement are the first stanza of the Hymn:

  • Herr Christ, der ein’ge Gottes Sohn,
  • Vaters in Ewigkeit,
  • Aus seinem Herzen entsprossen,
  • Gleich wie geschrieben steht.
  • Er ist der Morgensterne,
  • Sein’n Glanz streckt er so ferne
  • Vor andern Sternen klar.
  • B.G. xxii. 157.

Form. Choral Fantasia (Corno, Trombone, Flauto piccolo, 2 Ob., Strings, Continuo). The cantus firmus is with the Altos.

(b)

The words of the concluding Choral are the fifth stanza of the Hymn:

  • Ertödt’ uns durch dein’ Gute,
  • Erweck’ uns durch dein’ Gnad’;
  • Den alten Menschen kränke,
  • Dass der neu’ leben mag,
  • Wohl hier auf dieser Erden
  • Den Sinn und all’ Begehrden
  • Und G’danken1 hab’n zu dir.
  • B.G. xxii. 184.

Form. Simple (Corno, 2 Ob., Strings, Continuo). Choralgesänge, No. 128.

[1 ] 1524 dancken.