- Schmücke Dich, BWV 654
[7:11] (A=465)
This prelude is based on the communion hymn, "Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness." Registration: Pedal Sub Baß 16 + Oktaven Baß 8; Hauptwerk:
Principal 8 + Oktava 4 + Octava 2 + Zymbeln 2 Fach; Hinterwerk: Gedackt 8 + Rohrfleute 4 + 2 Oktava; for the repeat the Hauptwerk Principal and Oktava
are replaced by the Rohrfleute 8 and Spizfleute 4, and the Hinterwerk Oktava 2 is withdrawn; after the repeat the former registration is engaged once
more.
Instrument:
Gottfried Silbermann Organ, Reinhardtsgrimma / Sachsen, Germany (1731) -
Samples by Prof. Helmut Maier
- Chorale Text
German:
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele,
Lass die dunkle Sündenhöhle,
Komm ans helle Licht gegangen,
Fange herrlich an zu prangen!
Denn der Herr, voll Heil und Gnaden,
Der den Himmel kann verwalten,
Will jetzt Herberg in dir halten.
--Johann Franck, 1649
English
Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness,
Leave the gloomy haunts of sadness
Come into the daylight's splendor,
There with joy Thy praises render
Unto him whose grace unbounded
Hath this wondrous banquet founded,
High o'er all the heab'ns He reigneth,
Yet to dwell with thee He deigneth.
--Catherine Winkworth
Audio track was created with Hauptwerk v. 1 software
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