- Warum sollt' ich mich den grämen?, Op. 67, No. 43
[2:0]
Alternates between strongly rhythmic Hauptwerk and simple hymnlike Hinterwerk.
Instrument:
F. A. Mehmel Village Church Organ, St. Andreas Church, Nehringen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (1868) -
Samples by Prof. Helmut Maier
- Chorale Text
German:
Warum sollt' ich mich den grämen?
Hab' ich doch Christum noch,
Wer will mir den nehmen?
Wer will mir den Himmel rauben,
Den mir schon Gottes Sohn
Beigelegt im Glauben?
----Paul Gerhardt, 1653
English:
Wherefore should I grieve and pine?
Is not Christ the Lord still mine?
Who can sever me from Him?
Who can rob me of the heaven
Which the Son of God hath given
Unto faith though weak and dim?
--trans. by Catherine Winkworth, 1858
Audio track was created with Hauptwerk v. 1 software
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