| Title: | Herr Gott, dich loben wir |
| No.: | 16 |
| Date: | 1726 |
| Occasion: | Circumcision |
The transcription and its source movement:
| Movement: | No. 1: The chorale movement Herr Gott, dich loben wir |
| Tune: | 5th century (Te Deum) - Luther 1529 | Text: | "Herr Gott, dich loben wir, / Herr Gott, wir danken dir. / Dich, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, / ehret die Welt weit und breit." |
| Originally scored for: | Choir, Corno da caccia, Oboe I-II, stgs. & cont. |
| Transcribed as: | A trio movement for organ with the soprano voice (c.f.) notated in the pedal (4'; range: from e to c'). |
| Key in the cantata: | a-G (mixolydian) |
| Key in the transcription: | a-G (mixolydian) |
| Comments: | Apart from the reduction of the number of voices only few changes have been made. |
Peter Bękgaard
