The cantata "Nur jedem das Seine" (Do justice to all men) BWV 163, for the last Sunday of the Church Year 1714/15, belongs among to those chamber music works which Bach composed for the Weimar Schlosskirche. The instruments are limited to strings, although two obbligato violoncellos are included which together with the solo bass singer and the continuo form a "bass" quartet unique in Bach's works. The final chorale of the cantata is handed down only as a fragment and was newly reconstructed for our edition by Thomas Riegler.
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, singing text, english translationhtml file, singing text, english translation (Sample)1 Aria (Tenore)Do justice to all men.
2 Recitativo (Basso)
So pay what thou owest
to highest or lowest,
to duty be true
give Caesar his due,
thy heart shall thou render to God in the highest,
to God, to none another.Thou art, my God, the source of ev’ry blessing;
the treasures that we cherish
are owing all to thee.
Life, home and daily ration,
heart, body, soul, and station,
all we possess, or hope to be.
What is there then
that we
with thankful heart may lay before thee
to show how we adore thee?
Our all is not our own but thine....
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, singing text, originalhtml file, singing text, original (Sample)1 Aria (Tenore)
Nur jedem das Seine!
2 Recitativo (Basso)
Muss Obrigkeit haben
Zoll, Steuern und Gaben,
man weigre sich nicht,
der schuldigen Pflicht!
Doch bleibet das Herze dem Höchsten alleine.Du bist, mein Gott, der Geber aller Gaben;
wir haben, was wir haben,
allein von deiner Hand.
Du, du hast uns gegeben
Geist, Seele, Leib und Leben
und Hab und Gut und Ehr und Stand.
Was sollen wir
denn dir
zur Dankbarkeit dafür erlegen,
da unser ganz Vermögen
nur dein und gar nicht unser ist?
Doch ist noch eins,...
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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
| 1961As a musicologist, Dr. Uwe Wolf is particularly at home in the 17th and 18th centuries. The focus of his work ranges from the time of Monteverdi and Schütz to Bach and the generation of Bach's sons and pupils through to Viennese Classicism. He has been head of the editorial department at Carus-Verlag since October 2011. Prior to this, he worked in Bach research for over 20 years. Personal details
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Songwriter / Librettist
Salomon Franck
| 1659-1725
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Arranger
Thomas Riegler
| 1965
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