- Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BWV 705
[2:16]
Contrapuntal treatment in 4 voices. Written in the Pachelbel style, this chorale-prelude perhaps belongs to a predecessor of Johann Sebastian Bach
rather than to the Master himself. Registration: (First entrance) Pedal: Bourdon 16' + Rohr Gedackt 16' + Octave 8' + Choralbass 4' + Mixture III;
Great: Principal 8' + Gedackt 8' + Octave 4' + Flute 4' + Waldflute 2' + Mixture IV + Larigot 1 1/3'. Temperament: Ordinaire. Impulse
reverberation added.
Instrument:
Schantz at First Baptist Church of Riverside, California (1966) sampled by Jonathan Orwig
- Chorale Text
German:
Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt
Menschlich' Natur und Wesen,
Dasselb' Gift ist auf uns geerbt,
Dass wir nicht konnt'n genesen
Ohn' Gottes Trost,
Der uns erlöst
Hat von dem grossen Schaden,
Darein die Schlang'
Evan bezwang,
Gott's Zorn auf sich zu laden.
English:
When Adam fell, the human race
Was doomed to condemnation;
Bereft were we of innocence,
Sin's poison wrought destruction,
But thanks to God,
Who spares the rod,
From death have we been taken.
The Serpent Eve
Didst once deceive
Beholds his power shaken.
--Tr. C.S. Terry
Audio track was created with Hauptwerk v. 2 software
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