The popular motet Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (Praise ye the Lord, all ye nations) is one of the biggest puzzles in Bach research. There are several things which do not quite fit together and the sources – all dating from the 19th century – help very little in clarifying matters. Scholars have even disputed whether Bach was the composer. But it is more probable that in its present form, we are dealing with an arrangement of a work by Bach, whether it is by Bach himself, or from a later date. In its surviving form the motet is without doubt a magnificent achievement. The Carus edition attempts to remedy the biggest problems in the text underlay with careful interventions in the text.
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, singing text, english translationhtml file, singing text, english translation (Sample)Praise ye the Lord, all ye nations,
and praise him, O all ye people!
For his most merciful kindness
watches over us for evermore.
Alleluia. Psalms 117:1–2Translation: Margaret Schubert
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Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden,
und preiset ihn, alle Völker!
Denn seine Gnade und Wahrheit
waltet über uns in Ewigkeit.
Alleluja.
Psalm 117,1–2...
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, Introductory text, englishhtml file, Introductory text, english (Sample)Text from the CD Carus 83.298
Uwe Wolf
Translation (abridged): Elizabeth RobinsonThe first printed edition of Johann Sebastian Bach’s motets appeared in Leipzig in 1802/03, over fifty years after the composer’s death. This was not only the first edition of the famous motets, but was also the first printed edition of Bach’s vocal works at all since 1708. It differs in some respects from our present-day editions, primarily in the inclusion in the place of the motet Lobet den Herrn of Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn, attributed a little later to Johann Christoph Bach. In reprints of the first printed edition, accordingly, this was replaced by Lobet den Herrn, establishing the group of six motets which ultimately found their place in the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (Bach Works Catalog) as BWV 225–230, where they long held an undisputed position.
But doubts remain about Lobet den Herrn. There is so much which is curious about this motet, which breaks every rule, so that in the form in which it is known to us, it may well not be by Bach. On the other hand, we nevertheless believe that we find so much of Bach in it that hardly any other composer can be contemplated. We
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Uwe Wolf
Gut 50 Jahre nach dem Tod des Komponisten erschien in Leipzig 1802/03 eine erste gedruckte Ausgabe der Motetten Johann Sebastian Bachs. Dies war nicht nur die erste Ausgabe der berühmten Motetten, es war zugleich die erste Druckausgabe Bachscher Vokalwerke überhaupt seit 1708. Herausgegeben wurden die Motetten von dem vielseitigen Leipziger Musiker Johann Gottlieb Schicht, damals Gewandhauskapellmeister, Musikdirektor der Leipziger Neukirche und der Leipziger Singakademie; 1810 wurde Schicht schließlich selbst als vierter Nachfolger Bachs Thomaskantor in Leipzig.
Schichts Ausgabe unterscheidet sich in manchem von unseren heutigen Ausgaben – vor allem an den Texten hatte Schicht Modernisierungen vorgenommen –, aber bereits mit dieser ersten Ausgabe wird die Sechszahl der Motetten Bachs etabliert, die bis heute viele Ausgaben und Einspielungen bestimmt. Die Erstausgabe enthielt allerdings nur fünf der „traditionellen“ Motetten Bachs: Anstelle der Motette Lobet den Herrn BWV 230 war nämlich Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn BWV Anh. 159 enthalten. Erst deutlich später erschien 1821 die Erstausgabe von Lobet den Herrn,
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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.
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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Günter Graulich
| 1926The publisher, church musician and teacher Günter Graulich is one of the major personalities in German publishing of the post-war period. With his wife Waltraud he founded Carus-Verlag Stuttgart in 1972, which he built up from a 2-person family firm to a medium-sized business with around 60 employees. A trained church musician and Kantor for many years at the Matthäuskirche Stuttgart, he also directed the Motettenchor Stuttgart for 50 years. With his choir he made LP and CD recordings, and undertook numerous concert tours to other European countries and America. Personal details
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