Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

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(Posted 2017-04-26) CPDL #44224:

Contributor: Paolo Pandolfo (submitted 2017-04-26). Score information: A4, 24 pages, 2.93 MB Copyright: CPDL

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

4. Aria: Lobe den Herren, der deinen Stand sichtbar gesegnet

(Posted 2015-05-12) CPDL #35380:

Editor: Johannes Becker (submitted 2015-05-12). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 146 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Cello: bar 21 changed according to bar 38, bar 66 first note e,, Trumpet, Tenor, basso continuo

General Information

Title: Lobe den Herren den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Lyricist: Joachim Neander

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Cantata for 12th Sunday after Trinity

Language: German
Instruments: Orchestra: 3 oboes, 3 trumpets, timpani, strings, continuo

First published: 1881 in Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 28
Opus: BWV 137, 5 movements
Description: First performed 19 August 1725. The Gospel from Mark 7:31- is read on Pentecost XI in the Roman calendar.

External websites:

Free choir training aids for this work are available at Choralia.
BWV 137 at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
View the Wikipedia article on BWV 137.
WP:de
German libretto at U. Alberta.

Original text and translations

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German text

Lobe den Herren, der deinen Stand sichtbar gesegnet,
der aus dem Himmel mit Strömen der Liebe geregnet;
denke dran, was der Allmächtige kann,
der dir mit Liebe begegnet.