Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele

Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (a and b)

The source cantata:

Title: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele

No.: 180

Date: 1724

Occasion: Trinity XX

Scored for: S., A., T., B., choir, flauto traverso, fl. I-II, ob., ob. da caccia, violoncello piccolo, stgs. & cont.

The transcriptions and their source movement:

Movement: No. 3: (Recitativo +) the chorale movement Ach, wie hungert mein Gemüte, based on v. 4 of the hymn Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele

Tune: Johann Crüger 1649

Text: Recitativo:
"Wie teuer sind des heil'gen Mahles Gaben? Sie finden ihresgleichen nicht. Was sonst die Welt vor kostbar hält, sind Tand und Eitelkeiten; ein Gottes Kind wünscht diesen Schatz zu haben und spricht:"
Chorale movement:
"Ach, wie hungert mein Gemüte, / Menschenfreund, nach deiner Güte! / Ach, wie pfleg' ich oft mit Tränen / mich nach dieser Kost zu sehnen! / Ach, wie pfleget mich zu dürsten / nach dem Trank des Lebensfürsten! / Wünsche stets, dass mein Gebeine / sich durch Gott mit Gott vereine."

Originally scored for: S. (c.f.), violoncello piccolo & cont.

Transcribed as: A trio movement for organ in two versions:
a) A version with cantus firmus in the right hand.
b) A version with cantus firmus in the pedal (2'; range: from F to f).
Version b) can eventually be played on one manual + ped., and the c.f. can on many organs be played an octave higher (4').

Key in the cantata: F Major

Key in the transcriptions: F Major

Comments: 1) In the bars 6 and 16 (the second beat - the first eigth) I have notated an eigth (b flat) in the c.f., whereas Bach has written a rest. If you play the movement simply as an arrangement of Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (as I do), the rest doesn't make sense, but if you prefer to call the movement Ach, wie hungert mein Gemüte (cf. the text above), the rest makes good sense, and it will be better to keep it unchanged.
2) The bars 2-5 have been added (cf. the bars 43-46).
3) In the bass voice I have notated some notes an octave lower than Bach in order to avoid crossing of voices.

Peter Bækgaard

Title:	*Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele*
No.:	180
Date:	1724
Occasion:	Trinity XX
Scored for:	S., A., T., B., choir, flauto traverso, fl. I-II, ob., ob. da caccia, violoncello piccolo, stgs. & cont.

Movement:	No. 3: (Recitativo +) the chorale movement Ach, wie hungert mein Gemüte, based on v. 4 of the hymn Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
Tune:	Johann Crüger 1649
Text:	Recitativo: "Wie teuer sind des heil'gen Mahles Gaben? Sie finden ihresgleichen nicht. Was sonst die Welt vor kostbar hält, sind Tand und Eitelkeiten; ein Gottes Kind wünscht diesen Schatz zu haben und spricht:" Chorale movement: "Ach, wie hungert mein Gemüte, / Menschenfreund, nach deiner Güte! / Ach, wie pfleg' ich oft mit Tränen / mich nach dieser Kost zu sehnen! / Ach, wie pfleget mich zu dürsten / nach dem Trank des Lebensfürsten! / Wünsche stets, dass mein Gebeine / sich durch Gott mit Gott vereine."
Originally scored for:	S. (c.f.), violoncello piccolo & cont.
Transcribed as:	A trio movement for organ in two versions: a) A version with cantus firmus in the right hand. b) A version with cantus firmus in the pedal (2'; range: from F to f). Version b) can eventually be played on one manual + ped., and the c.f. can on many organs be played an octave higher (4').
Key in the cantata:	F Major
Key in the transcriptions:	F Major
Comments:	1) In the bars 6 and 16 (the second beat - the first eigth) I have notated an eigth (b flat) in the c.f., whereas Bach has written a rest. If you play the movement simply as an arrangement of Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (as I do), the rest doesn't make sense, but if you prefer to call the movement Ach, wie hungert mein Gemüte (cf. the text above), the rest makes good sense, and it will be better to keep it unchanged. 2) The bars 2-5 have been added (cf. the bars 43-46). 3) In the bass voice I have notated some notes an octave lower than Bach in order to avoid crossing of voices.