Vor deinen Thron tret' ich hiermit, BWV 668 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Music files
ICON | SOURCE |
---|---|
Midi | |
MusicXML | |
File details | |
Help |
- Editor: Patrick Dunnevant (submitted 2019-09-29). Score information: Letter, 15 pages, 972 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: This edition contains editorial dynamics and expressive markings.
General Information
Title: Vor deinen Thron tret' ich hiermit
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Chorale
Language: German
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1750
Description: This is a choral setting of BWV 668, often referred to as Bach's "Deathbed Chorale". Published in 1750 at the end of the Art of Fugue, this four-part chorale is likely the last piece of music that Bach ever wrote. This verson for SATB chorus features the text that Bach used as his title: "Vor deinen Thron tret' ich hiermit."
Text
Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit,
O Gott, und dich demütig bitt:
Wenn doch dein gnädig Angesicht
Von mir blutarmen Sünder nicht.
Ein selig ende mir bescher,
Am jüngsten tag erweck mich, Herr!
Daß ich dich schaue ewiglich.
Amen, Amen, erhöre mich.
Translation
Before your throne I now appear,
O God, and bid you humbly,
Turn not your merciful face
From me, a pale sinner.
Confer on me a blessed end,
On the last day awaken me, Lord!
That I may see you eternally.
Amen, Amen, hear me.
External websites: http://www.patrickdunnevant.com