| Title: | Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele (II) |
| No.: | 143 |
| Date: | 1708-14(?) |
| Occasion: | Circumcision |
| Scored for: | S., T., B., choir, bassoon, horn I-III, timp., stgs. & cont. |
The transcription and its source movement:
| Movement: | No. 2: The chorale movement Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ |
| Tune: | From the collection of hymns Geistliche deutsche Lieder (Bartholomäus Gesius 1601) | Text: | "Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ, / wahr' Mensch und wahrer Gott, / ein starker Nothelfer du bist / im Leben und im Tod, / drum wir allein im Namen dein / zu deinem Vater Schreien." |
| Originally scored for: | Violins (unisono), Soprano (c.f.) & cont. |
| Transcribed as: | A trio movement for organ with cantus firmus in the pedal (4'). The upper voices can eventually be played on one manual. |
| Key in the cantata: | B Major |
| Key in the transcription: | G Major (range in the pedal: from f# to e') |
| Comments: | None |
Peter Bækgaard
