All the starving shall be nourished
Cantata for the 1st Sunday after Trinity BWV 75, 1723
With the cantata "Die Elenden sollen essen", the newly elected Thomaskantor Johann Sebastian Bach introduced himself to the people of Leipzig at the end of May 1723.
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, singing text, english translationhtml file, singing text, english translation (Sample)Prima Parte 1 CoroAll the starving shall be nourished
2 Recitativo accompagnato (Basso)
and their thirst shall be bequenched.
Those who seek the Lord always
will surely praise him.
And your heart shall ever be living.What help is purple majesty?
3 Aria (Tenore)
It fails, we see.
What help is here all pomp and wealth?
We know all this is transient,
mere empty shells.
What help is this, if we do nourish
our senses, as our bodies perish?
But yet, how frequently it happens,
that riches, splendour, lust,
pull us to hell and dust!My Jesus shall be all to me!
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, singing text, originalhtml file, singing text, original (Sample)Prima Parte 1 Coro
Die Elenden sollen essen,
2 Recitativo accompagnato (Basso)
dass sie satt werden,
und die nach dem Herrn fragen,
werden ihn preisen.
Euer Herz soll ewiglich leben.Was hilft des Purpurs Majestät,
3 Aria (Tenore)
da sie vergeht?
Was hilft der größte Überfluss,
weil alles, so wir sehen,
verschwinden muss?
Was hilft der Kitzel eitler Sinnen,
denn unser Leib muss selbst von hinnen?
Ach, wie geschwind ist es geschehen,
dass Reichtum, Wollust, Pracht
den Geist zur Hölle macht!Mein Jesus soll mein Alles sein!
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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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Reinhold Kubik
| 1942-2024
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Continuo realization
Paul Horn
| 1922-2016Paul Horn war ein deutscher Kirchenmusiker, Organist, Komponist und Musikwissenschaftler. Er studierte Kirchenmusik und Orgel an der Evangelischen Kirchenmusikschule Esslingen am Neckar bei Hans-Arnold Metzger und Musikwissenschaft, Theologie und Geschichte an der Universität Tübingen. Seine berufliche Laufbahn begann als Kantor an der Evangelischen Michaelskirche in Stuttgart-Degerloch. 1954 wurde er Kantor an der Evangelischen Stadtkirche Ravensburg, eine Position, die er bis zu seiner Pensionierung innehatte. Als Musikwissenschaftler arbeitete Horn bis ins hohe Alter eng mit Carus zusammen. So stammen zahlreiche Carus-Klavierauszüge aus seiner Feder. Personal details
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Jutta Wicker
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