Meine Seele rühmt und preist (Hoffmann, Melchior)

Authorship Note
This cantata was formerly attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach as BWV 189.


Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 movements
Composition Year Unknown
Genre Categories Sacred cantatas; Cantatas; Religious works; [35 more...]German language; For voice, flute, oboe, violin, continuo; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the flute; Scores featuring the oboe; Scores featuring the violin; Scores with basso continuo; For voices with solo instruments; For 3 violins, viola, cello (arr); For 5 players (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For 3 violins, 2 cellos (arr); For 2 violins, 2 violas, cello (arr); For 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (arr); For oboe, 2 violins, viola, cello (arr); Scores featuring the oboe (arr); For oboe, 2 violins, 2 cellos (arr); For oboe, violin, 2 violas, cello (arr); For oboe, violin, viola, 2 cellos (arr); For flute, 2 violins, viola, cello (arr); Scores featuring the flute (arr); For flute, 2 violins, 2 cellos (arr); For flute, violin, 2 violas, cello (arr); For flute, violin, viola, 2 cellos (arr); For flute, oboe, violin, viola, cello (arr); For flute, oboe, violin, 2 cellos (arr); For flute, oboe, 2 violas, cello (arr); For flute, oboe, viola, 2 cellos (arr); For trumpet, organ (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For 2 players (arr)

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Performances

Naxos

Synthesized/MIDI

Aria: 'Deine Güte, dein Erbarmen' (No.5)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Synthesized Performance
#421372 - 1.96MB - 2:08 -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - 66×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

MP3 file (audio)
Michrond (2016/5/1)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Performers MIDI
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

Editor Alfred Dörffel (1821–1905)
First edition
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 37 (pp.213-26)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1891. Plate B.W. XXXVII.
Copyright
Public Domain
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Editor Alfred Dörffel (1821–1905)
First edition (reprint)
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 37 (pp.213-26)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1891. Plate B.W. XXXVII.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A4529.
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 Complete Score
#275925 - 0.47MB, 15 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 2125×⇩ - WernerH

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WernerH (2013/4/4)

Editor Werner Höss
Publisher. Info. Werner Höss
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Source - Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 37
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1891. Plate B.W. XXXVII.
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⇒ 5 more: 2. Recitative: 'Denn seh' ich mich und auch mein Leben an' • 3. Aria: 'Gott hat sich hoch gesetzet' • 4. Recitative: 'O wass vor grosse Dinge treff ich an allen Orten an' • 5. Aria: 'Deine Güte, dein Erbarmen' • Engraving files (MuseScore)

Editor Ramon Casadesus-Masanell
Publisher. Info. Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, 2021.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes musescore.com
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Parts

Editor Alfred Dörffel (1821–1905)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1895).
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A4529.
Copyright
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 Flute
#275926 - 0.07MB, 2 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 663×⇩ - WernerH

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⇒ 4 more: Oboe • Violin • Continuo • Organ/Harpsichord

 Oboe
#275927 - 0.08MB, 2 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 525×⇩ - WernerH

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WernerH (2013/4/4)

 Violin
#275928 - 0.08MB, 2 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 463×⇩ - WernerH

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WernerH (2013/4/4)

 Continuo
#275929 - 0.10MB, 4 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 440×⇩ - WernerH

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WernerH (2013/4/4)

 Organ/Harpsichord
#275930 - 0.29MB, 11 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 508×⇩ - WernerH

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WernerH (2013/4/4)

Editor Werner Höss
Publisher. Info. Werner Höss
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Source - Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 37
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1891. Plate B.W. XXXVII.
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Vocal Scores

Arranger Bernhard Todt (1822–1907), piano reduction [?]
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1895).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Vocal Score based on Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Aria: 'Meine Seele rühmt und preist' (No.1)

For Quintets: Flute and Oboe ad lib. and Strings (Lang)

 Complete Score and Parts
#499748 - 0.29MB, 20 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 223×⇩ - FP23

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FP23 (2017/11/7)

Arranger Peter Lang
Publisher. Info. Peter Lang, 2016.
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Misc. Notes Various quintet configurations
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Aria: 'Deine Güte, dein Erbarmen' (No.5)

For Quintets: Flute and Oboe ad lib. and Strings (Lang)

 Complete Score and Parts
#499749 - 0.18MB, 11 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 138×⇩ - FP23

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FP23 (2017/11/7)

Arranger Peter Lang
Publisher. Info. Peter Lang, 2016.
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Misc. Notes Various quintet configurations
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For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)
Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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General Information

Work Title Meine Seele rühmt und preist
Alternative. Title Cantata for the Feast of the Visitation
Composer Hoffmann, Melchior
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. ("BWV 189") ; BWV Anh.II 23
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IMH 2
Key B-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 movements:
  1. Aria (tenor): Meine Seele rühmt und preist
  2. Recitative (tenor): Denn seh' ich mich und auch mein Leben an
  3. Aria (tenor): Gott hat sich hoch gesetzet
  4. Recitative (tenor): O wass vor grosse Dinge treff ich an allen Orten an
  5. Aria (tenor): Deine Güte, dein Erbarmen
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. Unknown
First Publication. 1891 (BGA)
Librettist Anonymous
Language German
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation tenor, flute, oboe, violin, continuo
Manuscript Sources Bach Digital (source list)
External Links Wikipedia article
Bach-Cantatas.com
Extra Information The Bach-Cantatas page gives the instrumentation as 2 recorders instead of 1 flute, though the score they link to is the Dörffel edition (see above) that has 1 flute. Tagged for flute for now, but it would be interesting to find Hoffmann's original manuscript.

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