Heart and mouth and thought and action
Cantata for the 4th Sunday in Advent. Reconstruction Uwe Wolf BWV 147a, 1716
The cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and mouth and thought and action), BWV 147, for the Feast of the Visitation (2 July) in 1723, belongs to a group of three Weimar Advent cantatas, namely BWV 70, 147, and 186, which Bach reinterpreted textually by adding recitatives not included in the original works while simultaneously expanding them into two parts (performed before and after the sermon). Both parts have a concluding chorale, of which the one from BWV 147 has become a hit in its own right: “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring). The cantata has a complicated history, for it seems that Bach twice ran out of time. The Weimar fair copy score contains only the first movement (which was integrated into the Leipzig score), while the Leipzig fair copy of 1723 also breaks off abruptly, and was only completed later (the parts were based on composing scores, which have not survived). Thus the version of 1723, on which our edition is for the first time based, differs in a number of details from the later fair copy. However, Bach did not transfer the fair copy version into individual parts and probably never heard it performed.
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Heart and mouth and thought and action
must bear witness to salvation
free of fear and vanity;
Christ is Lord and Deitry.2 Aria (Alto)
Have no shame, then, o my soul,
to acknowledge Christ as Saviour;
you shall be his bride forever,
in the Father’s sight as well.
For the soul that can deny him.
that rejects him and his love,
it shall be rejected by him,
when it comes to heaven above.3 Aria (Tenore)
O Jesus, help
that I may now confess you,
in good and ill, in joy and pain,
that as my Saviour I possess you
in faith that renders me serene,... -
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Parte prima
1 Coro
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben
muss von Christo Zeugnis geben
ohne Furcht und Heuchelei,
dass er Gott und Heiland sei.2 Aria (Alto)
Schäme dich, o Seele, nicht,
deinen Heiland zu bekennen,
soll er seine Braut dich nennen
vor des Vaters Angesicht!
Denn wer ihn auf dieser Erden
zu verleugnen sich nicht scheut
soll von ihm verleugnet werden,
wenn er kömmt zur Herrlichkeit.3 Aria (Tenore)
Hilf, Jesu, hilf,
dass ich auch dich bekenne,
in Wohl und Weh, in Freud und Leid,
dass ich dich meinen Heiland nenne...
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Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
| 1685-1750Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most important composers of Western music history. He came from a widely ramified musical dynasty, which produced numerous musicians and organists in the Thuringian-Saxon area.
Bach vocal
Ever since Carus-Verlag was founded in 1972, publishing the music of Johann Sebastian Bach has been a special focus for us. In the 2017 Reformation anniversary year we completed the Bach vocal project. Bach's complete sacred vocal works are now available in modern Urtext editions, together with performance material. A complete edition of all the full scores is also available in a high quality box set. Personal details
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Editor
Uwe Wolf
| 1961Uwe Wolf studied musicology, history, and historical ancillary science at Tübingen and Göttingen. After receiving his doctorate in 1991 he was a research assistant at the Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut in Göttingen. From 2004 he worked at the Bach-Archiv Leipzig. There he directed a both research departments, was substantially responsible for the redisigning of the Bach Museum, and he developed the digital Online-Projekt Bach. Since October 2011 he has been the Chief Editor at Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart. He has taught at various universities and also belongs to the editorial boards of several complete editions. Personal details
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Songwriter / Librettist
Salomon Franck
| 1659-1725
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Arranger
Uwe Wolf
| 1961Uwe Wolf studied musicology, history, and historical ancillary science at Tübingen and Göttingen. After receiving his doctorate in 1991 he was a research assistant at the Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut in Göttingen. From 2004 he worked at the Bach-Archiv Leipzig. There he directed a both research departments, was substantially responsible for the redisigning of the Bach Museum, and he developed the digital Online-Projekt Bach. Since October 2011 he has been the Chief Editor at Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart. He has taught at various universities and also belongs to the editorial boards of several complete editions. Personal details
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Translator
Henry Drinker
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Bach, Johann Sebastlan: Drei Kantaten:
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Drei Kantaten:
Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis - BWV 21;
Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht - BWV 124;
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben - BWV 147a
Im Rahmen der (für Qualität bekannten) Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben liegen hier die Partituren der Kantaten BWV 21, 124 und 147a vor. Alle drei Ausgaben sind einer praktisch-wissenschaftlichen Neuausgabe verpflichtet und von verschiedenen Editoren herausgegeben, was sehr reizvoll ist; ein ausführliches Vorwort (Entstehungsgeschichte, Aufführungspraxis, Ausgabe) wurde jeweils vorangestellt. Der Notentext ist im Druck sehr übersichtlich gehalten. Die Continuo-Stimme bei den Chören und Arien wurde (Gott sei Dank) nicht ausgesetzt; dazu genügt die Orgelstimme, die man im Rahmen des kompletten Aufführungsmaterials - ebenfalls bei Carus - erwerben kann. Für den Chor am einfachsten zu realisieren ist die Kantate 124 (für den 1. Sonntag nach Epiphanie); die Kantate 147a, die rekonstruiert wurde und ein besonderes Kleinod darstellt, gehört zum 4. Adventssonntag. Ein reizvolles Unterfangen, diese Kantaten liturgisch gut überlegt in einen katholischen Gottesdienst zu integrieren!
Quelle: Musik im Bistum Essen III/1997, S. 59
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