I stand with my open grave before me
Cantata for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany BWV 156, 1729
"Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe" (I stand with my open grave before me) BWV 156 is one of the few surviving cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach that is based on texts from the so-called Picander cycle. As in several other cantatas that use texts from this poet, Bach opens the work with a sinfonia, most likely taken from an earlier concerto that didn't survive and is later reused as the slow movement of the famous harpsichord concerto in F minor BWV 1056. In the first aria, the poet combines his text with a well-known chorale, a technique that is often found in Bach's cantatas, particularly those from the pre-Leipzig period. The cantata is comprised of six short movements; the choir is used only in the final chorale.
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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 (Tenore) e Choral (Soprano) Tenore
I stand with my open grave before me
Soprano
Deal with me, God, by your good will
Tenore
soon there my weary soul will rest.
Soprano
help me in all my sorrow
Tenore
Come, loving God, come when you will,
Soprano
what I request deny me not.
Tenore
I have my earthly house prepared,
Soprano
And when my soul is sinking,
please take it, Lord, into your hand.
Tenore
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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, Choral
Tenore (Aria)
Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe,
Soprano (Choral)
Mach’s mit mir, Gott, nach deiner Güt,
Tenore
bald fällt der kranke Leib hinein.
Soprano
hülf mir in meinen Leiden,
Tenore
Komm, lieber Gott, wenn dir’s gefällt,
Soprano
was ich dich bitt, versag mir nicht.
Tenore
ich habe schon mein Haus bestellt.
Soprano
Wenn sich mein Seel soll scheiden,
so nimm sie, Herr, in deine Händ.
Tenore
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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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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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