Tröstet, tröstet mein Volk, SWV 382 (Heinrich Schütz)

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• (Posted 2017-10-13)  CPDL #46738:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-10-13).   Score information: A4, 9 pages, 87 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Reformatting of #11548, with minor corrections to underlay and to slurring.

• (Posted 2013-10-21)  CPDL #30379: 

Full score:         Score information: A4, 9 pages, 339 kB   

Basso Continuo:   Score information: A4, 1 page, 77 kB   

Editor: Gerd Eichler (submitted 2013-10-21).   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from original print, mensurstrich layout, original note values and key signature, musica ficta clearly marked, original spelling, Basso Continuo part included.

• (Posted 2006-04-25)  CPDL #11548: 

Editor: Fritz Brodersen (submitted 2006-04-25).   Score information: A4, 10 pages, 74 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Tröstet, tröstet mein Volk, SWV 382
Composer: Heinrich Schütz
Source of text: Isaiah 40:1-5

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: German
Instruments: A cappella or Instruments (colla parte) and Basso continuo ad lib.

First published: 1648 in Geistliche Chormusik, Op. 11, no. 14
    2nd published: 1889 in Heinrich Schütz: Sämtliche Werke, Volume 8, no. 14
    3rd published: 2006 in Neue Schütz-Ausgabe, Volume 5.2, no. 14
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• Tröstet, tröstet mein Volk - Dresdner Kammerchor

Original text and translations

German text 1  Tröstet, tröstet mein Volk, 2  redet mit Jerusalem freundlich, prediget ihr, dass ihre Ritterschaft ein Ende hat, ihre Missetat ist vergeben, denn sie hat Zwiefältiges empfangen von der Hand des Herren um alle ihre Sünde. 3  Es ist eine Stimme eines Predigers in der Wüsten: Bereitet dem Herren den Weg, machet auf dem Gefilde ebene Bahn unserm Gott! 4  Alle Tal sollen erhöhet werden, und alle Berge und Hügel sollen erniedriget werden, und was ungleich ist, soll eben werden, und was höckerig ist, soll schlicht werden; 5  denn die Herrlichkeit des Herren soll offenbar werden, und alles Fleisch miteinander wird sehen, dass des Herren Mund redet.

English translation 1  Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, [saith your God]. 2  Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins. 3  The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4  Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: 5  And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.