Meine Seele rühmt und preist, BWV 189

Meine Seele rühmt und preist
Church cantata by Melchior Hoffmann (likely)
Catalogue	BWV 189; formerly attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach
Genre	Solo cantata

Meine Seele rühmt und preist (My soul extols and praises), BWV 189, is a church cantata credited to Johann Sebastian Bach and Melchior Hoffmann.^[1]

History and text

This is a solo cantata composed for the Feast of the Visitation of Mary. The prescribed readings for the day were Isaiah 11:1–5, and Luke 1:39–56. The librettist of the work is unknown.^[1] The German text of the cantata is a paraphrase of the Magnificat.^[2]

An old largely lost source attributes the cantata to Melchior Hoffmann (although seemingly confusing the composer with Johann Georg Hoffmann, an organist in Breslau). Throughout the 19th century the cantata was generally attributed to Bach. Only in the second half of the 20th century was the attribution restored to Melchior Hoffmann again in most sources.^[3]

Movements and scoring

The work in five movements is scored for solo tenor voice, two recorders, oboe, violin, and basso continuo.^[1]

Aria "Meine Seele rühmt und preist"
Recitative "Denn seh' ich mich und auch mein Leben an"
Aria "Gott hat sich hoch gesetzet"
Recitative "O wass vor grosse Dinge treff ich an allen Orten an"
Aria "Deine Güte, dein Erbarmen"

Recordings

Meine Seele rühmt und preist, BWV 189

First movement

Fourth movement (Recitative) and fifth movement (Aria)

Sung by Max Meili; conducted by Curt Sachs; L'anthologie sonore No. 23 (1935)

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Curt Sachs ensemble, Max Meili. L'anthologie Sonore, 1935.
Paris Conservatory Orchestra, Charles Munch. Charles Munch, Vol. 2. Disque Gramophone, 1941.
Bach-Orchester Stuttgart, Hans Grischkat. J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 51 & BWV 189. Renaissance, 1951.
Orchestre de Chambre "Pro Arte" de Munich, Kurt Redel. J.S. Bach: Cantatas Nos. 189 · 89 · 174. Erato, 1956.
Ernst Haefliger soloist, Münchner Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter, Kantaten BWV 55 & BWV 189, Archiv-Produktion 1959
Peter Schreier soloist and conductor, Festival Strings Lucerne, "Bach Kantaten fur Tenor" Ariola-Eurodisc 1976
Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Peter Schreier. J.S. Bach: Solo-Kantaten und Arien. Philips, 1994.
Members of Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Nicolai Gedda (1971). Les introuvables de Nicolai Gedda. EMI Classics, 1995
Helmut Müller-Brühl, conducting Markus Schäfer and the Cologne Chamber Orchestra (2004).^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Cantata BWV 189 Meine Seele rühmt und preist". Bach Cantatas Website. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
^ "Meine Seele rühmt und preist," German text of the cantata at www.bach-digital.de
^ Meine Seele rühmt und preist BWV 189 / Anh. II 23 at www.bach-digital.de
^ J. S. Bach – Telemann – Hoffmann: Sacred Cantatas for Alto and for Tenor at Naxos website.

External links

Meine Seele rühmt und preist by Melchior Hoffmann: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

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Before Leipzig	Early: BWV 4 131 71 1138.1 & .2 106 196 150 143 Weimar: BWV 61 70a 186a 132 147a 63 152 155 18 54 80a 182 31 12 172 165 21 185 199 161 162 163 Köthen: BWV Anh. 5
First cycle (1723–24)	Between Trinity and Advent: BWV 75 76 24 167 147 186 136 105 46 179 69a 77 25 138 95 148 48 109 89 60 90 70 From Advent to Trinity: BWV 40 64 190 153 65 154 73 81 83 144 181 22 23 66 134 67 104 166 86 37 44 59 184
Second cycle (and chorale cantatas)	Chorale cantatas between Trinity and Easter: BWV 20 2 7 135 10 93 107 178 94 101 113 33 78 99 8 130 114 96 5 180 38 115 139 26 116 62 91 121 133 122 41 123 124 3 111 92 125 126 127 1 Continuation of the second cycle: BWV 6 42 85 103 108 87 128 183 74 68 175 176 Later additions to the chorale cantata cycle: BWV 80 137 129 58 112 140 177 9 14 Other late chorale cantatas: BWV 117 192 100 97
Third cycle	After Trinity 1725: BWV 168 164 79 Liturgical year 1725–26: BWV 110 57 151 28 16 32 13 72 146 43 39 88 170 187 45 102 35 17 19 27 47 169 56 49 98 55 52 1727: BWV 82 84 34 173
Later and other	Picander cycle: BWV 149 188 197a 171 156 159 145 174 Late parodies: BWV 36 30 191 200 248 (I, II, III, IV, V, VI) 1083 Council election (Leipzig): BWV 119 193 29 120 69 (lost: 1139.1, 1140–1141) Wedding: BWV 34a 195 120a 197 Funeral: 157 244a Other: 194 190a 120b 51 158 50 Doubtful: 53 142 189 217 220 221 223 224
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