- Alle Menschen müssen sterben, BWV 1117
[2:2] (a=420 Hz)
From the Neumeister Chorale Collection. In three sections: The first is played on the Hauptwerk (Bourdon 16' + Prestant 8' + Octaaf 4' + Octaaf 2');
the second is a virtuosic variation with rapid-fire thirty-second notes, also on the Hauptwerk but without the 16' and with the Mixtuur 2-4 Sterck for
clarity; the third is a grand coda reinstating the 16' and adding the Cymbeln 4-6 Sterck and Trompete 8' to the Hauptwerk and utilizing the
Rugpositief Holpijp 8' + Prestant4' + Dulciaan 8' coupled to Pedaal Subbas 16' and Bazuin 16'.
Instrument:
Bosch-Schnitger Organ, Vollenhove/Overijssel (1686/1720) -Version 2.2 -
Samples by Prof. Helmut Maier
- 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. 2 Samples using v. 3 software
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