Heinrich Schütz Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn

Deutsches Magnificat: Meine Seele erhebt den Herren SWV 494 My soul doth magnify the Lord,
and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden:
for, behold, from henceforth
all generations shall call me blessed.
For he that is mighty hath done to me
great things; and holy is his name.
He hath shewed strength with his arm;
he hath scattered the proud
in the imagination of their hearts.
He hath put down the mighty from their seats,
and exalted them of low degree.
He hath fi lled the hungry with good things;
and the rich he hath sent empty away.
He hath helped his servant Israel,
in remembrance of his mercy;
as he spake to our fathers,
to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
Lk 1:46-55

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Deutsches Magnificat: Meine Seele erhebt den Herren SWV 494 Meine Seele erhebt den Herren,
und mein Geist freuet sich Gottes, meines Heilandes.
Denn er hat die Niedrigkeit seiner Magd angesehen.
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werden mich selig preisen alle Kindeskind,
denn er hat große Ding an mir getan,
der da mächtig ist und des Name heilig ist.
Er übet Gewalt mit seinem Arm
und zerstreuet, die hoffärtig sind
in ihres Herzens Sinn.
Er stößet die Gewaltigen vom Stuhl
und erhöhet die Niedrigen.
Die Hungerigen füllet er mit Gütern
und lässet die Reichen leer.
Er denket der Barmherzigkeit
und hilft seinem Diener Israel auf.
Wie er geredt hat unsern Vätern,
Abraham und seinem Samen ewiglich.
Lk 1,46–55

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Werner Breig
Translation: Elizabeth Robinson

The Latin version of the hymn of praise, sung by the Virgin Mary in response to the Archangel Gabriel’s Annunciation in St. Luke’s Gospel that she is to bear the son of God, begins with the word “Magnificat” (Luke 1,46–55: “Magnificat anima mea Dominum”). This ten-verse text has its established place as the canticle at Vespers, the penultimate divine office of the day. As a result the Magnificat became one of the most frequently-set texts in the Bible (for example, there are over

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