- Das Jesulein soll doch mein Trost, BWV 702
[1:44] (A=465)
Fughetta on the 17th century Christmas tune, with some slightly tortured chromatic twists near the end.
Midi File available.
Instrument:
Gottfried Silbermann Organ, Reinhardtsgrimma / Sachsen, Germany (1731) -
Samples by Prof. Helmut Maier
- Chorale Text
German:
Das Jesulein soll doch mein Trost
Mein Heiland sein und bleiben,
Der mich geliebet und erlöst,
Kein Gwalt soll mich abtreiben.
Ihm tu ich mich ganz williglich
Von Herzensgrund ergeben,
Es mag mir sein weh oder fein,
Mag sterben oder leben.
--Bartholomäus Helder, 1646
English:
The Holy Child my hope shall be,
My Saviour now and ever.
From Him who loved and ransomed me
No power shall me dissever.
The while I live,
To him I give
Myself with heart's devotion:
Let come what will
Of joy or ill,
Be death or life my portion.
--Edith Munro Fowler
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