Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083

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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. The work is interesting to scholars as an example how Bach edited music from a different tradition.[1]

History and text

Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden is a musical parody of the Stabat Mater which Pergolesi had composed in 1736.[2] Bach used a German paraphrase of Psalm 51 by an unknown author as text for his composition.[2][3][4] The incipit translates as "Cancel, Highest, my sins".[5]

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.[6][7] It is a psalm cantata without assignment to a specific liturgical occasion.[2]

Bach's version was made c. 1745/1747. A first performance in 1746–1747 in Leipzig has been assumed.[5] 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.[8]

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.[2] 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.[9]

Publication

A critical edition was published by Carus-Verlag in 1989, edited by Diethard Hellmann.[10][1] It was revised in 2017.[11]

Recordings

References

  1. ^ a b Hellmann 1989.
  2. ^ a b c d Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden BWV 1083 at Bach Digital
  3. ^ Lyrics of Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden at Bach Digital
  4. ^ "Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden" at The LiederNet Archive
  5. ^ a b Tilge, Höchester, meine Sünden at Bach Cantatas Website}}
  6. ^ "D-B Mus.ms. 30199, Fascicle 14". Bach Digital. Leipzig: Bach Archive; et al. 2020-01-31.
  7. ^ Platen 1961, p. 35.
  8. ^ Jürgen Heidrich. Protestantische Kirchenmusikanschauung in der zweiten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts: Studien zur Ideengeschichte "wahrer" Kirchenmusik, p. 65. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2001 ISBN 9783525279069
  9. ^ 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)
  10. ^ Carus 2023.
  11. ^ Hellmann 1989, p. 10.

Sources

External links

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