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== History and text ==
== History and text ==
''Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden'' is a [[musical parody]] of the [[Stabat Mater (Pergolesi)|Stabat Mater]] which Pergolesi had composed in 1736.<ref name="BD">[http://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00001269?lang=en Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden BWV 1083] at [[Bach Digital]]</ref> Bach used a German paraphrase of [[Psalm 51]] by an unknown author as text for his composition.<ref name="BD" /><ref name="BDlyrics">[http://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00001269?XSL.Style=detail&lang=en Lyrics of ''Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden''] at {{url|www.bach-digital.de}}</ref><ref>[http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=81615 "Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden"] at [[The LiederNet Archive]]</ref> The [[incipit]] translates as "Cancel, Highest, my sins".<ref name="reference">[http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Vocal/BWV1083.htm ''Tilge, Höchester, meine Sünden''] at {{url|www.bach-cantatas.com}}</ref>
''Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden'' is a [[musical parody]] of the [[Stabat Mater (Pergolesi)|Stabat Mater]] which Pergolesi had composed in 1736.<ref name="BD">[http://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00001269?lang=en Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden BWV 1083] at [[Bach Digital]]</ref> Bach used a German paraphrase of [[Psalm 51]] by an unknown author as text for his composition.<ref name="BD" /><ref name="BDlyrics">[http://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00001269?XSL.Style=detail&lang=en Lyrics of ''Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden''] at [[Bach Digital]]</ref><ref>[http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=81615 "Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden"] at [[The LiederNet Archive]]</ref> The [[incipit]] translates as "Cancel, Highest, my sins".<ref name="reference">[http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Vocal/BWV1083.htm ''Tilge, Höchester, meine Sünden''] at {{url|www.bach-cantatas.com}}</ref>


Bach wrote his version in the 1740s, slightly expanding the orchestral material. It is indicated as {{lang|it|Motetto}}, i.e. [[motet]], in the header of Bach's manuscript of the arrangement.<ref>{{BDh|690|00|2020-01-31|Source|D-B Mus.ms.&nbsp;30199, Fascicle&nbsp;14}}</ref>{{sfn|Platen|1961|p=35}} It is a psalm cantata without assignment to a specific liturgical occasion.<ref name="BD" />
Bach wrote his version in the 1740s, slightly expanding the orchestral material. It is indicated as {{lang|it|Motetto}}, i.e. [[motet]], in the header of Bach's manuscript of the arrangement.<ref>{{BDh|690|00|2020-01-31|Source|D-B Mus.ms.&nbsp;30199, Fascicle&nbsp;14}}</ref>{{sfn|Platen|1961|p=35}} It is a psalm cantata without assignment to a specific liturgical occasion.<ref name="BD" />

Revision as of 11:13, 2 March 2023

Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden
BWV 1083
Psalm cantata by J. S. Bach
EnglishCancel, Highest, my sins
Relatedbased on Pergolesi's Stabat Mater
Bible textparaphrase of Psalm 51
Movements12
Vocal
Instrumental
  • 2 solo violins
  • 2 violins
  • viola
  • violone
  • cello
  • continuo

Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083, is a sacred vocal composition by Johann Sebastian Bach. It is an arrangement that Bach made in the 1740s of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater from 1736, slightly expanding the orchestral material. He used a German paraphrase of Psalm 51 as text for his composition. While Bach described the work as Motetto in the autograph, it is rather a psalm cantata, scored for soprano and alto soloists, strings and basso continuo.

History and text

Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden is a musical parody of the Stabat Mater which Pergolesi had composed in 1736.[1] Bach used a German paraphrase of Psalm 51 by an unknown author as text for his composition.[1][2][3] The incipit translates as "Cancel, Highest, my sins".[4]

Bach wrote his version in the 1740s, slightly expanding the orchestral material. It is indicated as Motetto, i.e. motet, in the header of Bach's manuscript of the arrangement.[5][6] It is a psalm cantata without assignment to a specific liturgical occasion.[1]

Bach's version was made c. 1745/1747. A first performance in 1746–1747 in Leipzig has been assumed.[4] Bach's performance of Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, before Pergolesi's work was printed for the first time in 1748, is the earliest demonstrable performance of this music by Pergolesi in Germany.[7]

Scoring

Bach's version is scored for soprano and alto soloists, two concertante violin parts, two ripieno violin parts, viola, violone, cello, and basso continuo.[1] Bach's orchestration is richer than Pergolesi's original. Where in Pergolesi's version the viola often plays in unison with the continuo, Bach increases the independence of this instrument, thus creating the four-part harmony typical of his own style.[8]

Recordings

References

  1. ^ a b c d Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden BWV 1083 at Bach Digital
  2. ^ Lyrics of Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden at Bach Digital
  3. ^ "Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden" at The LiederNet Archive
  4. ^ a b Tilge, Höchester, meine Sünden at www.bach-cantatas.com
  5. ^ "D-B Mus.ms. 30199, Fascicle 14". Bach Digital. Leipzig: Bach Archive; et al. 2020-01-31.
  6. ^ Platen 1961, p. 35.
  7. ^ Jürgen Heidrich. Protestantische Kirchenmusikanschauung in der zweiten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts: Studien zur Ideengeschichte "wahrer" Kirchenmusik, p. 65. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2001 ISBN 9783525279069
  8. ^ Clemens Romijn. Liner notes for Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden BWV 1083 (after Pergolesi's Stabat Mater). Brilliant Classics, 2000. (2014 reissue: J. S. Bach Complete Edition. "Liner notes" p. 54)

Sources

External links

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