Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, BWV 68 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
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- Editor: 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)
- 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
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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).
Original text and translations
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.