Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, BWV 68 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
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- 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: Mein gläubiges Herze
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Soprano solo
Genre: Sacred, Sacred song
Language: German
Instruments: Oboe, Violin, Violoncello Piccolo, Basso continuo
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Description: This famous soprano aria constitutes the second movement of Cantata BWV 68, Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, and the music derives from the secular Cantata BWV 208, Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd.
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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.