Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works
Der du bist drei in Einigkeit |
Melody & Text | Use of the CM by Bach | Use of the CM by other composers |
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Melody & Text: |
Hymns: communion and vespers: OB 54, “Der du bist drei Einigkeit” (Thou, who art Three in Unity; NLGB 420); Johann Hermann Schein music 1627, Luther text 1543 (3 stanzas); imitation of Gregorian hymn <O Lux beata Trinitas>; found as BWV 293 plain chorale in G Major;
Der du bist Drei in Einigkeit (Thou, who art Three in Unity) An imitation from the Gregorian hymn, “O lux beata trinitas.”. Harmony in von Tucher, 18—.
Source: Motets & Chorales for Trinity Sunday (William L. Hoffman, May 31, 2015) |
Melody: Zahn 335, based on an earlier melody (Milan c650; Strasbourg 1545; Lucas Lossius 1553)
Composer: Johann Hermann Schein (1627) |
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Text: : Der du bist drei in Einigkeit
(NLGB 137; EG 470)
Author: Martin Luther (1544), translation of the Latin hymn "O lux beata Trinitas" by Ambrosius) |
Hymnal versions Bach may have known: |
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Melody & text of O lux beata trinitas (NLGB
127) from the Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch, pp
419-420 |
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Use of the Chorale Melody by Bach: |
Text: : Der du bist drei in Einigkeit |
Chorale Der du bist drei in Einigkeit, BWV 293
Ref: RE 154; Br 154; KE 61; Birnstiel 158; AmB 46II p.114; Penzel 153; BGA 40; BC F42.1; CST 64 |
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Use of the Chorale Melody by other composers: |
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Sources: Bach Digital; BGA; Zahn
Photos from Gottfried Vopelius Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch (Vopelius 1682), were taken from a digital copy of the book downloaded from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München. This copy is Out of copyright - non commercial re-use (Europeana Rights).
Prepared by Aryeh Oron (October 2018) |