Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele (Praise the Lord, O my
soul), BWV 143, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian
Bach. It is not known if he composed the cantata for
New Year's Day in Mühlhausen or Weimar, between 1708
and 1714.The librettist is unknown. The cantata draws
from Psalm 146 and the hymn Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu
Christ by Jakob Ebert to develop its seven
movements.
The provenance of this cantata is disputed: some
suggest that it may not be a Bach work because of its
"unpretenti...(+)
Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele (Praise the Lord, O my
soul), BWV 143, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian
Bach. It is not known if he composed the cantata for
New Year's Day in Mühlhausen or Weimar, between 1708
and 1714.The librettist is unknown. The cantata draws
from Psalm 146 and the hymn Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu
Christ by Jakob Ebert to develop its seven
movements.
The provenance of this cantata is disputed: some
suggest that it may not be a Bach work because of its
"unpretentious" nature and the lack of authoritative
original music, or perhaps it was a transposition of an
earlier work. Alternatively, part of the cantata may
have been written by Bach, while other parts (likely
the choruses and the bass aria) were added or amended
by other composers.
This, the fourth movement "Tausendfaches Unglück,
Schrecken" (Thousand-fold misfortune, terror) is a
tenor aria in free verse. The vocal line is "convoluted
and angular", reflecting the themes of misfortune, fear
and death. Musicologist Julian Mincham suggests that
these themes suggest that Salomon Franck may be the
poet, as these were recurrent images in his texts, but
also notes a lack of integration atypical of Franck's
oeuvre.
Source: Wikipedia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobe_den_Herrn,_meine_See
le,_BWV_143).
Although the cantata was scored for tenor, two violins,
viola, and basso continuo, I created this arrangement
for French Horn & Strings (2 Violins, Viola, Cello and
Bass).
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