Chorheft Westfalen
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- The haevens are telling the Father's glory
- Praise the Almighty, O my spirit
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, singing text, english translationhtml file, singing text, english translation (Sample)Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases. Bless the Lord … Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies. Bless the Lord …
Ps 103:2-4
Translation psalm: King James Bible...
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, singing text, originalhtml file, singing text, original (Sample)
Lobe den Herren, meine Seele, und vergiss nicht, was er dir Guts getan hat. Der dir alle deine Sünde vergibet und heilet alle deine Gebrechen. Lobe den Herren … Der dein Leben vom Verderben erlöset, der dich krönet mit Gnad und Barmherzigkeit. Lobe den Herren …
Ps 103,2–4...
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, Introductory text, englishhtml file, Introductory text, english (Sample)Text from the CD Carus 83.255
Oliver Geisler
Translation: Elizabeth Robinson“intended for singing”
The “Psalmen Davids” and the art of consolation Heinrich Schütz was fortunate. In the years around 1600 the number of portents of the end of the world increased. And this would also naturally affect the Dresden court, even if it sometimes seemed to be in a world of its own. Constellations of stars, curious events, cometary impacts – all these happenings were rapidly broadcast through the mass media of the Baroque – pamphlets and articles. And the more frequently there were signs giving cause for concern, the nearer the predicted end approached. In the mid-16th century, 2046 was marked out as the end. But at the time when Schütz took up his post in Dresden, the year 1625 was regarded as the point in time when the ‘last trumpet’ would sound. None of this happened – as stated, he was fortunate,...
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, Introductory text, germanhtml file, Introductory text, german (Sample)Booklet-Text der CD Carus 83.255
Oliver Geisler
„zum singen gemeint“
Die Psalmen Davids und die Kunst des Zuspruchs Heinrich Schütz hatte Glück. In den Jahren um 1600 mehrten sich die Anzeichen für den Weltuntergang. Und der würde natürlich auch den Dresdner Hof betreffen, auch wenn dieser mitunter als eigener Kosmos erscheinen mochte. Sternenkonstellationen, kuriose Ereignisse, Kometeneinschläge – alle diese Geschehnisse verbreiteten sich rasant über die Massenmedien des Barock: Flugblätter und Sonderdrucke. Und je häufiger die besorgniserregenden Zeichen, desto näher rückte das prognostizierte Ende. Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts war noch 2046 als Ende markiert. Zu jener Zeit, als Schütz in Dresden sein Amt antrat, galt das Jahr 1625 als Zeitpunkt, an dem die ‚letzte Posaune‘ erklingen würde. All das trat nicht ein – wie gesagt, er hatte Glück, aber eine Prognose bewahrheitete...
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