Sobs and sighing, tears and crying
Cantata for the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany BWV 13, 1726
Bach’s cantata BWV 13 (from the third cycle of Leipzig cantatas) was first performed on the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany in 1726. This work is marked especially by its scoring, unusual in Bach’s church music, in which the strings are joined by two recorders and an oboe da caccia: these wind instruments are used to convey the dominant affections of “sighing” and “pain” in the individual arias. In accordance with the intimate character of this cantata the four-part vocal ensemble is used only in the chorale at the end of the work.
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text (without music) for download, html file, Singing text, english translationhtml file, Singing text, english translation (Sample)1 Aria (Tenore)Sobs and sighing,
2 Recitativo (Alto)
tears and crying,
woes and cares I count in vain.
Grief my ev’ry hour attending
melancholy never ending,
Ah! methinks this bitter pain
soul from body soon is rending.Ah dearest God, Thou lettest me in vain be calling,
3 Choral
as death to me is nearing
no comfort is appearing.
The hour comes apace when I must go to meet Thee,
alone, o must I still in vain entreat Thee?Thou, O God, hast surely promised
help to send in my distress,
ever ready never failing
comfort in my bitterness.
Canst Thou, then, forever be...
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text (without music) for download, html file, Singing text, originalhtml file, Singing text, original (Sample)1 Aria (Tnore)
Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen
2 Recitativo (Alto)
können nicht zu zählen sein.
Wenn sich täglich Wehmut findet
und der Jammer nicht verschwindet,
ach! so muss uns diese Pein
schon den Weg zum Tode bahnen.Mein liebster Gott lässt mich annoch vergebens rufen
3 Choral (Alto)
und mir in meinem Weinen
noch keinen Trost erscheinen.
Die Stunde lässet sich zwar wohl von ferne sehen,
allein ich muss doch noch vergebens flehen.Der Gott, der mir hat versprochen
seinen Beistand jederzeit,
der lässt sich vergebens suchen
itzt in meiner Traurigkeit.
Ach! will er denn für und für
grausam zürnen über mir,...
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text (without music) for download, html file, Introductory text, Englishhtml file, Introductory text, English (Sample)Foreword of the Edition Carus 31.013)
Julia Doht
Translation: John CoombsThe cantata Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen, BWV 13, was written for the second Sunday after Epiphany, and was first performed on 20 January 1726. It belongs to Bach’s third Leipzig annual cycle of cantatas in which, unlike the preceding cycle of so-called „chorale cantatas“, there is no recognizable cyclical interrelationship based on a common, overriding principle.
The cantata BWV 13 is especially distinguished by its unusual scoring with the strings joined by three woodwind instruments, which are used differently in the individual movements, and employed in a particular manner to bring out the meaning of the words. The text (like those of seven other cantatas of this annual cycle) is from the Darmstadt cantata cycle of 1711 by Georg Christian Lehms. In the printed edition of the collection of texts it is assigned to the Nachmittags-Andachten, whose combination of madrigalesque arias and rhymed recitatives in these cantata texts indicate that they were intended primarily for an ensemble of soloists. Thus the cantata Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen, which treats the basic theme of the Gospel for the day “My hour is not yet come” (St.
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text (without music) for download, html file, Introductory text, Germanhtml file, Introductory text, German (Sample)Vorwort der Ausgabe Carus 31.013
Julia Doht
Die Kantate Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen BWV 13 ist für den zweiten Sonntag nach Epiphanias bestimmt und wurde erstmals am 20. Januar 1726 aufgeführt. Sie gehört Bachs drittem Leipziger Kantatenjahrgang an, der anders als der vorangegangene sogenannte „Choralkantatenjahrgang“ keinen zyklischen Zusammenschluss der Kantaten durch ein allen gemeinsames übergeordnetes Prinzip erkennen lässt.
Die Kantate BWV 13 zeichnet sich insbesondere durch ihre ungewöhnliche Besetzung mit den drei zu den Streichern hinzutretenden Holzbläsern aus, die in den einzelnen Sätzen in unterschiedlicher Weise eingesetzt werden und so in besonderem Maße zur Hervorhebung des Stimmungsgehaltes des zugrunde liegenden Textes beitragen. Dieser Text entstammt (wie derjenige zu sieben weiteren Kantaten dieses Jahrgangs) dem Darmstädter Kantatenjahrgang 1711 von Georg Christian Lehms. In der Druckausgabe der Textsammlung ist er den Nachmittags-Andachten zugeordnet, deren durch die Verbindung madrigalischer Arien mit gereimten Rezitativen gekennzeichnete Kantatentexte überwiegend für solistische Besetzung gedacht waren. Und so findet sich auch in der Kantate Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen,
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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
Julia Doht
| 1975
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Henry Drinker
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