- Mit Fried' und Freud' ich fahr' dahin
[1:48] (a=460 Hz)
Four-voice setting of the Nunc Dimittis. Known in the Anglican liturgy as The Song of Simeon, the text has a bit of the German Pietism which contrasts
the travails of everyday life with the tranquility of death. Manuaal: Praestant 8' + Rohrfluit 8', Permanently coupled Pedaal Subbas 16' for last
note.
Midi File available.
Instrument:
Frans Caspar Schnitger Organ, Duurswoude/Frisland (1723) -
Samples by Prof. Helmut Maier
- Chorale Text
German:
Mit Fried' und Freud' ich fahr' dahin
In Gottes Wille;
Getrost ist mir mein Herz und Sinn,
Sanft und stille
Wie Gott mir verheissen hat:
Der Tod ist mein Schlaf worden.
English:
In peace and joy I now depart
For God has called.
I trust in Him with soul and heart,
Calm, prepared.
God doth e'er His promise keep,
And death's a few years' sleeping.
--Tr. C. S. Terry
Audio track was created with Hauptwerk v. 2 Samples using v. 3 software
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