Exalted flesh and blood
Cantata for the 2nd day of Pentecost BWV 173 (BWV3 173.2), 1728ca
Bach created the cantata "Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut" by setting the sacred words to what had originally been the music of a secular cantata, presumably for the festival of Pentecost in 1727. Bach made few alterations to the musical structure, but he enlarged the original solo scoring for soprano and bass to a four-voice ensemble. Particularly notable among the solo movements is the extensive duet for soprano and bass in the form of a minuet, which in its musical language is certainly unique in Bach’s cantatas. The dancelike final chorus brings the four voices together, and gives highly effective expression to the joy of Pentecost.
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text (without music) for download, html file, Singing text, english translationhtml file, Singing text, english translation (Sample)1 Recitativo (Tenore)Exalted flesh and blood!
2 Aria (Tenore)
When God, through his own Son,
assumed a mortal station,
a child of man, he won
for man assured salvation.
Exalted flesh and blood!Faithful Christians, God confessing,
3 Aria (Alto)
come to know his precious blessing.
Viols, voices sing the story
of his goodness, chant his glory!Wondrous things will God accomplish,
4 Aria (Soprano, Basso)
for the sake of mortal man.
Mind and body, hearts and voices,
ev’ry human soul rejoices,
joyful all the Christian clan.God so loved the world and man
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text (without music) for download, html file, Singing text, originalhtml file, Singing text, original (Sample)1 Recitativo (Tenore)
Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut,
2 Aria (Tenore)
das Gott selbst an sich nimmt,
dem er schon hier auf Erden
ein himmlisch Heil bestimmt,
des Höchsten Kind zu werden,
erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut!Ein geheiligtes Gemüte
3 Aria (Alto)
sieht und schmeckt Gottes Güte.
Rühmet, singet, stimmt die Saiten,
Gottes Treue auszubreiten!Gott will, o ihr Menschenkinder,
4 Aria (Soprano, Basso)
an euch große Dinge tun.
Mund und Herze, Ohr und Blicke
können nicht bei diesem Glücke
und so heilger Freude ruhn.So hat Gott die Welt geliebt,
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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.
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Editor
Frauke Heinze
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Translator
Henry Drinker
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