Gott soll allein mein Herze haben, BWV 169 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

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(Posted 2017-06-17) CPDL #45018:

Contributor: Paolo Pandolfo (submitted 2017-06-17). Score information: A4, 23 pages, 2.25 MB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A scan of the piano-vocal score by Berhard Todt.

Chorale: Du süße Liebe

(Posted 2015-10-20) CPDL #37256:

Editor: Jean Smolders (submitted 2015-10-20). Score information: A4, 1 page, 91 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

General Information

Title: Cantata BWV 169 - Gott soll allein mein Herze haben
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Cantata

Language: German
Instruments: Orchestra: 2 oboes, taille d'hautbois, obbligato organ, strings, continuo

First published: 1887 in Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 33
Opus: BWV 169, 7 movements
Description: First performed 20 October 1726, the 18th Sunday after Trinity (Pentecost XVII. The Great Commandment is read on Ordinary Time 30 A.)

External websites:

Gott soll allein mein Herze haben at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
View the Wikipedia article on BWV 169.
Bach-cantatas site, with links to libretto and translations.

Original text and translations

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German text

Du süße Liebe, schenk uns deine Gunst,
laß uns empfinden der Liebe Brunst,
daß wir uns von Herzen einander lieben
und in Friede auf einem Sinn bleiben.
Kyrie eleison.