Cantata BWV 50 - Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft (Johann Sebastian Bach)

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Vocal score:

• CPDL #3572:

Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2002-04-30).   Score information: A4, 12 pages, 200 kbytes   Copyright: © 2002, 2004 Philip Legge

Edition notes: vocal score revised 23 November 2004, and subsequently on 8 April 2006 to reduce file size.

Full score and parts:

• CPDL #3836: Scorch.

Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2002-07-12).   Score information: A4, 58 pages, 882 kbytes   Copyright: © 2002, 2004 Philip Legge

Edition notes: Large file (0.9 megabytes) including full score, vocal score, and orchestral parts, revised 25 November 2004, and subsequently on 8 April 2006 to reduce file size.

General Information

Title: Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Number of voices: 8vv  Voicing: SATB–SATB
Genre: Sacred, Cantata
Catalogue Number: BWV 50

Language: German

Instruments: 3 high D trumpets, timpani, 3 oboes, 2 violins, viola, and continuo
Description: A single movement, probably the only surviving music from a larger cantata for the Feast Day of St Michael and all angels, now lost.
External websites: PML Music Editions     Bach Cantatas Website

Original text and translations

The sung text (appropriate to St Michael's Day) is from the Revelation of St John, chapter 12, verse 10:

German text
Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft und das Reich und die Macht unser Gottes seines Christus worden,
weil der verworfen ist, der sie verklagete Tag und Nacht vor Gott.

English translation
Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ:
for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
(King James Version)