- Alle Menschen müssen sterben, BWV 643
[2:20]
A tranquil acceptance of the concept that "all are mortal." Registration of Chorale: Zwelwerk LH - Gemshoorn 8' + Octaaf 2'; RH - HW Octaaf 4', played
8va lower; PD Subbas 16';
Repeat: Zwelwerk omit Octaaf 2', add Blokfluit 4';
Revert to first;
Prelude: Zwelwerk LH - Gemshoorn 8' + Blokfluit 4' + Octaaf 2'; RH - HW Octaaf 4', played 8va lower; PD Subbas 16' + Gedekt 8' + Zwelwerk-PD coupler.
No reverberation added.
Instrument:
Vermeulen Brothers Organ at Congregation "Vloedschuur," Heteren, Holland (1959) -
Samples by Hauptwerk.nl
- Chorale Text
German:
Alle Menschen müssen sterben,
alles Fleisch vergeht wie Heu,
was da lebet, muss verderben, soll es anders werden neu.
Dieser Leib, der muss verwessen,
wenn er ewig soll genesen
der so grossen Herrlichkeit,
die den Frommen ist bereit.
English:
Hark! a voice saith, all are mortal,
Yea, all flesh must fade as grass,
Only through Death's gloomy portal,
To a better life ye pass,
And this body formed of clay
Here must languish and decay,
Ere it rise in glorious might,
Fit to dwell with saints in light.
--Tr. C. Winkworth
Audio track was created with Hauptwerk v. 1 software
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