Wohl dem, der ein tugendsam Weib hat, SWV 20 (Heinrich Schütz)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2018-04-30). Score information: A4, 14 pages, 171 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from the Breitkopf & Hartel edition on IMSLP. Note values halved and time signature changed from 3/1 to 3/2 in the triple time sections. Time signature changed from 4/2 to 4/4 elsewhere. Clefs modernised.
General Information
Title: Wohl dem der ein tugendsam Weib hat, SWV 20
Composer: Heinrich Schütz
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Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: SSAT.SATB
Genre: Secular, Cantata
Language: German
Instruments: Basso continuo
First published: 1893 in Heinrich Schütz: Sämtliche Werke, Volume 14, no. 11
2nd published: 2016 in Neue Schütz-Ausgabe, Volume 29, no. 1
Description: Composed for the wedding of Joseph Avenarius and Anna Dorothea Görlitz, Dresden, 21 April 1618.
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Original text and translations
German text Wohl dem, der ein tugendsam Weib hat, |
English translation The one who has a virtuous wife,
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