Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, BWV 68 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
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Complete work
- Contributor: Paolo Pandolfo (submitted 2017-01-19). Score information: A4, 37 pages, 1.95 MB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Scan of Bernhard Todt's piano-vocal score (English & German)
Separate movements
- Editor: David Newman (submitted 2008-07-08). Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 126 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Cross posting by Art Song Central. Includes a piano accompaniment of the arrangement that truncates the closing ritornello of the original aria.
General Information
Title: Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, BWV 68
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Lyricist: Christiana Mariana von Zieglercreate page
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
(Choral soli SB)
Genre: Sacred, Cantata
Language: German
Instruments: Orchestra: 2 oboes, taille, horn, cornettino, 3 trombones strings (including violoncello piccolo), continuo
First published: BGA 16 1868
Description: First performed 21 May 1725. Both solo arias derive from the secular cantata Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208.
External websites:
- Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
View the Wikipedia article on Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, BWV 68 (Johann Sebastian Bach).
- Complete libretto.
Original text and translations
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German text
Mein gläubiges Herze,
Frohlocke, sing, scherze,
Dein Jesus ist da!
Weg Jammer, weg Klagen,
Ich will euch nur sagen:
Mein Jesus ist nah.