I go and search for thee with yearning
Cantata for the 20th Sunday after Trinity BWV 49, 1726
The beginning of Cantata no. 49 (I go and search for thee with yearning) may also be the most well-known part of this work: in the introductory sinfonia for organ and orchestra Bach refers back to the final movement of a lost concerto with concertante melody instrument which he later reworked into the Harpsichord Concerto in E major BWV 1053. The cantata, conceived as a composition in dialogue between the “faithful soul” (soprano) and Jesus (bass), is characterized by the expressiveness of the love poetry from the biblical Song of Songs, which finds its lyrical expression especially in the virtuosity and charm of its instrumentation – a “masterpiece in the Bachian art of characterization.” (Alfred Dürr)
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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 Sinfonia 2 Aria (Basso)I go and search for thee with yearning.
3 Recitativo e Duetto (Soprano, Basso)
Thou wayward spirit, come to me.
Say now, why art thou not returning,
that I may love and care for thee?My table is prepared
Duetto:
and ready set against thy coming,
and only thou, the welcome guest, art lacking.
My Saviour calls to me,
I come to thee with joyful heart.I go and search for thee with yearning
and now I find thee contrite soul!
My Saviour dear, at thy feet I am falling.
Ah, Master, I would share thy table;
I join thy feast of joy and gladness.
My Saviour dear, I hasten near,
Come, spirit, come;
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, singing text, originalhtml file, singing text, original (Sample)1 Sinfonia 2 Aria (Basso)
Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen,
3 Recitativo e Duetto (Soprano, Basso)
dich, meine Taube, schönste Braut.
Sag an, wo bist du hingegangen,
dass dich mein Auge nicht mehr schaut?Mein Mahl ist zubereit'
Duetto: Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen dich,
und meine Hochzeittafel fertig,
nur meine Braut ist noch nicht gegenwärtig.
Mein Jesus redt von mir;
o Stimme, welche mich erfreut!
meine Taube, schönste Braut.
Mein Bräutigam, ich falle dir zu Füßen.
Komm, Schönster, komm, und lass dich küssen,
lass mich dein fettes Mahl genießen.
mein Bräutigam, ich eile nun,
Komm, Schönste, komm, und lass dich küssen,
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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
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Editor
Felix Loy
| 1963
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Translator
Henry Drinker
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