O Herr, ich bin dein Knecht (Johann Hermann Schein)

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Editor: Gerd Eichler (submitted 2012-09-08).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 104 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transcribed from original print. Mensural notation, original key and note values, original text spelling, musica ficta clearly marked, clefs modernized, basso continuo part included
Last Revised: 2014-09-20, corrected note in Cantus2, bar 39
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Editor: Peter Kaplan (submitted 2008-05-26).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 612 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: In original key. Altus part written in tenor clef.

General Information

Title: O Herr, ich bin dein Knecht
Translated Title: O Lord, truly I am your servant
Composer: Johann Hermann Schein
Larger work: Israelsbrünnlein (Fontana d'Israel)

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicings: SSTTB or SSATB

Genre: SacredMotet

Language: German
Instruments: Basso continuo

Published: 1623

Description: Number 1 from Johann Schein's masterwork Israelsbrünnlein (or Fontana d'Israel).

Original text and translations

German.png German text

(original spelling/wording)
O HErr, ich bin dein Knecht, deiner Magd Sohn. Du hast meine Bande zurrissen.
Dir wil ich danckopfern; und des HErren Namen predigen.
 

German.png German text

(modernized spelling/wording)
O Herr, ich bin dein Knecht, deiner Magd Sohn. Du hast meine Bande zerrissen.
Dir will ich Dank opfern; und des Herren Namen predigen.
 

English.png English translation

O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, and the son of your handmaid: you have loosed my bonds.
I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on the name of the Lord.