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2005, May 01
Schübler chorale 4, BWV 648
My soul doth magnify the Lord (Meine Seele erhebt den Herren)
This is the fourth Schübler chorale, BWV 648, based on the melody "Meine Seele erhebt den Herren", the German Magnificat, or the Visitation of Mary.
The hymn is based on a Gregorian melody, the tonus peregrinus. The Schübler chorale is a transcription of the duet from Cantata 10, BWV 10.5.
| The music: | BWV 648 | The cantus firmus in the pedal. | |
| BWV 10.5 | A tenor and alto duet, with the chorale played by trumpet and two oboes. | ||
| BWV 10.7 | A four part harmonization of the chorale melody. | ||
| BWV 243.10 | A trio, soprano I, II and alto with the chorale in obbligato by 2 oboes. | ||
| BWV 323 | A four part harmonization of the chorale melody. | ||
| BWV 324 | A four part harmonization of the chorale melody. | ||
| BWV 733 | Another organ chorale on the same melody. |
MP3 files of these chorales are available. If you want one, leave me a note in a comment with your email address and I will send it. Unfortunately, the files are too large to put them on my ftp server for general distribution.
Some names under which this chorale is known:
Meine Seele erhebt den Herren
My soul doth magnify the Lord
The German Magnificat
Discussion from the Bach Cantatas website
Discussion from the website of Emmanuel Music of Boston
The Organ Music of J.S. Bach, 2nd ed.
Peter Williams, Cambridge University Press 2003
