Herr wie lang wilt vergessen mein (Melchior Franck)
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- Editor: Klaas Spijker (submitted 2020-08-11). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 140 kB Copyright: CC BY NC ND
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General Information
Title: Herr wie lang wilt vergessen mein
Composer: Melchior Franck
Lyricist: Hans Sachs (Wittenberg, 1526)
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: German
Instruments: Unknown
First published: 1602 in Contrapuncti compositi deutscher Psalmen, no. 9
Description: The motet is based on one of the Dreizehn Psalmen zu singen in den vier hernach notierten Tönen, a collection by Hans Sachs, (Nürnberg, 1526). Franck however does not use either one of these four tunes, but uses a tune from Geystliche Gesangk Buchleyn (Wittenberg, 1524), by Martin Luther and Johann Walter.
This tune, originaly for Mensch wiltu leben seliglich, is possibly one of the tunes composed by Martin Luther himself.
External websites
- Hans Sachs, Dreizehn Psalmen zu singen (Nürnberg 1526)
- Geystliche gesangk Buchleyn (Wittenberg 1524)
Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Herr wie lang wilt vergessen mein. A versification of Psalm 13