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Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083

January 01, 1970

Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden (Cancel, Highest, my sins, or: Lord, annul all my transgressions[1]), 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 named the work a Motetto in the autograph, it is rather a psalm cantata, scored for soprano and alto voices, strings and basso continuo. Some of the 14 movements have become traditionally sung by a two-part choir. The work was first published by Hänssler in 1962, and in a critical edition, based on Bach's performance material found only later, by Carus-Verlag in 1989. The work is interesting to scholars as an example how Bach edited music from a different tradition.[2]

Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden
BWV 1083
Psalm cantata by J. S. Bach
EnglishCancel, Highest, my sins
Relatedbased on Pergolesi's 1736 Stabat Mater
Bible textparaphrase of Psalm 51
Performed1740s
Published1962 (1962)
Movements14
Vocal
Instrumental
  • 2 solo violins
  • 2 violins
  • viola
  • violone
  • cello
  • continuo

History and text edit

Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden is a musical parody of the Stabat Mater which Pergolesi had composed in 1736.[3] This setting was successful from the beginning, performed all over Europe and arranged frequently, for example by Johann Adam Hiller as a Passion cantata in 1774 to a translation of the original text by Klopstock.[2]

Bach used a different text, a German paraphrase of the penitential Psalm 51 by an unknown author.[3][4][5] The incipit translates as "Cancel, Highest, my sins".[6] Bach wrote his version in the 1740s, slightly expanding the orchestral material. He named it a Motetto (motet) in the header of his manuscript.[7][8] It is a psalm cantata without assignment to a specific liturgical occasion.[3]

Bach's version was made c. 1745/1747. A first performance in 1746–1747 in Leipzig has been assumed.[6] 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.[9]

Structure edit

Bach structured the 20 stanzas of the poetry in 14 movements:[10]

  1. Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden (Lord, annul all my transgressions – stanza 1)
  2. Ist mein Herz in Missetaten (When my heart is filled with evil – stanza 2)
  3. Missetaten, die mich drücken (My transgressions still are weighing – stanza 3)
  4. Dich erzürnt mein Tun und Lassen (You despise my deeds and acting – stanza 4)
  5. Wer wird seine Schuld verneinen (Who denies his guilt and sinning – stanzas 5, 6)
  6. Siehe! ich bin in Sünd empfangen (See, we are in sin conceiving – stanza 7)
  7. Sieh, du willst die Wahrheit haben (Yes, you want a truthful freedom – stanza 8)
  8. Wasche mich doch rein von Sünden (Wash me, make me pure from sinning – stanza 9)
  9. Lass mich Freud und Wonne spüren (Let your joy and bliss surround me – stanza 10)
  10. Schaue nicht auf meine Sünden (Do not look on my transgressions – stanzas 11 to 15)
  11. Öffne Lippen, Mund und Seele (Open lips and mouth and spirit – stanza 16)
  12. Denn du willst kein Opfer haben (For you want no off'ring given – stanzas 17, 18)
  13. Lass dein Zion blühend dauern (Let your Zion blossom ever – stanzas 19, 20)
  14. Amen.

Scoring and music edit

The performance material of Bach's version has parts for voices and instruments, indicated as for Soprano, Alto, Violino Primo, Violino Primo Ripieno, Violino Secondo, Violino Secondo Ripieno, Viola, Violon, Cembalo, Organo.[11] It means soprano and alto voices, two concertante violin parts, two ripieno violin parts, viola, violone, cello using the same music as the violone, and figured parts for both harpsichord and organ.[3][11] It is unclear if harpsichord or organ would be used depending on a performance place, or both together as was also common practise at the time.[11]

Bach wrote ornamentation and melismas for the voices to express the German text better. The moods and "conceptual traits"[2] of the two texts are similar, but Bach moved Pergolesi's two movement preceding the Amen to an earlier position, having to abandon the key sequence in the process.[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.[12][13]

While most vocal movements are accompanied only by solo instruments (violins, viola and cello), Bach uses all instruments for the movements set in counterpoint, Nos. 9 and 14. This justifies to have a choir sing these movements. Editor Hellmann noted that the opening movement and No 6. might be performed in the same style.[11]

In the Amen fugue, Bach first uses Pergolesi's setting in F minor, but repeats it for a conclusion in F major.[12]

Movements edit

The following table provides for the 14 movements the beginning of the text, the voices involved (S = soprano, A = alto), the marking, key and tempo, following the Carus score:[10]

No. Text Voices Marking Key Tempo
1 Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden S A Largo F minor  
2 Ist mein Herz in Missetaten S Andante C minor 3
8
3 Missetaten, die mich drücken S A Larghetto G minor  
4 Dich erzürnt mein Tun und Lassen A Andante E-flat major 2
4
5 Wer wird seine Schuld verneinen S A Largo C minor  
6 Siehe! ich bin in Sünd empfangen S A C minor 6
8
7 Sieh, du willst die Wahrheit haben S F minor  
8 Wasche mich doch rein von Sünden A C minor 3
8
9 Lass mich Freud und Wonne spüren S A Allabreve G minor  
10 Schaue nicht auf meine Sünden S A Andante E-flat major  
11 Öffne Lippen, Mund und Seele A Adagio spirituoso G minor  
12 Denn du willst kein Opfer haben S A Largo F minor  
13 Lass dein Zion blühend dauern S A Allegro (Vivace) B-flat major  
14 Amen. S A Allabreve F minor  

Publication edit

A short score in Bach's autograph is held by the Berlin State Library.[2] A set of parts for voices and instruments, missing a title page, was later found in the same library,[14] written by Johann Christoph Altnickol, with some amendments by Bach.[11]

The composition was forgotten, and probably first mentioned in a letter by organist Karl Straube to Hans-Georg Gadamer in 1946. Critical research followed 15 years later.[2] As only a short manuscript was known then, it was assumed that Bach performed the work from the Pergolesi's original material, and a first publication by Hänssler in 1962 was based on this premise.[2] However, Bach's performance material was found by Alfred Dürr a few years later, and a critical edition based on it was published by Carus-Verlag in 1989, edited by Diethard Hellmann.[15][16] It was revised in 2017.[16]

Recordings edit

Recordings of Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden include:[6]

References edit

  1. ^ Hellmann 1989, p. 11.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Hellmann 1989, p. 7.
  3. ^ a b c d Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden BWV 1083 at Bach Digital
  4. ^ Lyrics of Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden at Bach Digital
  5. ^ "Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden" at The LiederNet Archive
  6. ^ a b c Tilge, Höchester, meine Sünden at Bach Cantatas Website
  7. ^ "D-B Mus.ms. 30199, Fascicle 14". Bach Digital. Leipzig: Bach Archive; et al. 2020-01-31.
  8. ^ Platen 1961, p. 35.
  9. ^ Jürgen Heidrich. Protestantische Kirchenmusikanschauung in der zweiten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts: Studien zur Ideengeschichte "wahrer" Kirchenmusik, p. 65. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2001 ISBN 978-3-525-27906-9
  10. ^ a b Hellmann 1989, p. 11–12.
  11. ^ a b c d e Hellmann 1989, p. 8.
  12. ^ a b Hellmann 1989, p. 9.
  13. ^ 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)
  14. ^ Hellmann 1989, p. 7—8.
  15. ^ Carus 2023.
  16. ^ a b Hellmann 1989, p. 10.

Sources edit

  • Hellmann, Diethard, ed. (1989). Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden / Psalm 51 / nach dem "Stabat Mater" von / based on the "Stabat Mater" by / Giovanni Battista Pergolesi / BWV 1083 (PDF). Carus-Verlag. pp. 7–10.
  • "Johann Sebastian Bach Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden". Carus-Verlag. 1961. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

External links edit

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Tilge Hochster meine Sunden Cancel Highest my sins or Lord annul all my transgressions 1 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 named the work a Motetto in the autograph it is rather a psalm cantata scored for soprano and alto voices strings and basso continuo Some of the 14 movements have become traditionally sung by a two part choir The work was first published by Hanssler in 1962 and in a critical edition based on Bach s performance material found only later by Carus Verlag in 1989 The work is interesting to scholars as an example how Bach edited music from a different tradition 2 Tilge Hochster meine SundenBWV 1083Psalm cantata by J S BachEnglishCancel Highest my sinsRelatedbased on Pergolesi s 1736 Stabat MaterBible textparaphrase of Psalm 51Performed1740sPublished1962 1962 Movements14Vocalsolo soprano altooptional SA choirInstrumental2 solo violins2 violinsviolaviolonecellocontinuo Contents 1 History and text 2 Structure 3 Scoring and music 4 Movements 5 Publication 6 Recordings 7 References 8 Sources 9 External linksHistory and text editTilge Hochster meine Sunden is a musical parody of the Stabat Mater which Pergolesi had composed in 1736 3 This setting was successful from the beginning performed all over Europe and arranged frequently for example by Johann Adam Hiller as a Passion cantata in 1774 to a translation of the original text by Klopstock 2 Bach used a different text a German paraphrase of the penitential Psalm 51 by an unknown author 3 4 5 The incipit translates as Cancel Highest my sins 6 Bach wrote his version in the 1740s slightly expanding the orchestral material He named it a Motetto motet in the header of his manuscript 7 8 It is a psalm cantata without assignment to a specific liturgical occasion 3 Bach s version was made c 1745 1747 A first performance in 1746 1747 in Leipzig has been assumed 6 Bach s performance of Tilge Hochster meine Sunden before Pergolesi s work was printed for the first time in 1748 is the earliest demonstrable performance of this music by Pergolesi in Germany 9 Structure editBach structured the 20 stanzas of the poetry in 14 movements 10 Tilge Hochster meine Sunden Lord annul all my transgressions stanza 1 Ist mein Herz in Missetaten When my heart is filled with evil stanza 2 Missetaten die mich drucken My transgressions still are weighing stanza 3 Dich erzurnt mein Tun und Lassen You despise my deeds and acting stanza 4 Wer wird seine Schuld verneinen Who denies his guilt and sinning stanzas 5 6 Siehe ich bin in Sund empfangen See we are in sin conceiving stanza 7 Sieh du willst die Wahrheit haben Yes you want a truthful freedom stanza 8 Wasche mich doch rein von Sunden Wash me make me pure from sinning stanza 9 Lass mich Freud und Wonne spuren Let your joy and bliss surround me stanza 10 Schaue nicht auf meine Sunden Do not look on my transgressions stanzas 11 to 15 Offne Lippen Mund und Seele Open lips and mouth and spirit stanza 16 Denn du willst kein Opfer haben For you want no off ring given stanzas 17 18 Lass dein Zion bluhend dauern Let your Zion blossom ever stanzas 19 20 Amen Scoring and music editThe performance material of Bach s version has parts for voices and instruments indicated as for Soprano Alto Violino Primo Violino Primo Ripieno Violino Secondo Violino Secondo Ripieno Viola Violon Cembalo Organo 11 It means soprano and alto voices two concertante violin parts two ripieno violin parts viola violone cello using the same music as the violone and figured parts for both harpsichord and organ 3 11 It is unclear if harpsichord or organ would be used depending on a performance place or both together as was also common practise at the time 11 Bach wrote ornamentation and melismas for the voices to express the German text better The moods and conceptual traits 2 of the two texts are similar but Bach moved Pergolesi s two movement preceding the Amen to an earlier position having to abandon the key sequence in the process 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 12 13 While most vocal movements are accompanied only by solo instruments violins viola and cello Bach uses all instruments for the movements set in counterpoint Nos 9 and 14 This justifies to have a choir sing these movements Editor Hellmann noted that the opening movement and No 6 might be performed in the same style 11 In the Amen fugue Bach first uses Pergolesi s setting in F minor but repeats it for a conclusion in F major 12 Movements editThe following table provides for the 14 movements the beginning of the text the voices involved S soprano A alto the marking key and tempo following the Carus score 10 No Text Voices Marking Key Tempo 1 Tilge Hochster meine Sunden S A Largo F minor nbsp 2 Ist mein Herz in Missetaten S Andante C minor 38 3 Missetaten die mich drucken S A Larghetto G minor nbsp 4 Dich erzurnt mein Tun und Lassen A Andante E flat major 24 5 Wer wird seine Schuld verneinen S A Largo C minor nbsp 6 Siehe ich bin in Sund empfangen S A C minor 68 7 Sieh du willst die Wahrheit haben S F minor nbsp 8 Wasche mich doch rein von Sunden A C minor 38 9 Lass mich Freud und Wonne spuren S A Allabreve G minor nbsp 10 Schaue nicht auf meine Sunden S A Andante E flat major nbsp 11 Offne Lippen Mund und Seele A Adagio spirituoso G minor nbsp 12 Denn du willst kein Opfer haben S A Largo F minor nbsp 13 Lass dein Zion bluhend dauern S A Allegro Vivace B flat major nbsp 14 Amen S A Allabreve F minor nbsp Publication editA short score in Bach s autograph is held by the Berlin State Library 2 A set of parts for voices and instruments missing a title page was later found in the same library 14 written by Johann Christoph Altnickol with some amendments by Bach 11 The composition was forgotten and probably first mentioned in a letter by organist Karl Straube to Hans Georg Gadamer in 1946 Critical research followed 15 years later 2 As only a short manuscript was known then it was assumed that Bach performed the work from the Pergolesi s original material and a first publication by Hanssler in 1962 was based on this premise 2 However Bach s performance material was found by Alfred Durr a few years later and a critical edition based on it was published by Carus Verlag in 1989 edited by Diethard Hellmann 15 16 It was revised in 2017 16 Recordings editRecordings of Tilge Hochster meine Sunden include 6 Ursula Buckel Margrit Conrad Bach Chor and orchestra Hellmann Bach Kantaten vol 7 1966 Benita Valente Judith Malafronte American Bach Soloists Jeffrey Thomas J S Bach Transcriptions of Italian Music Koch International 1993 St Florianer Sangerknaben de also soloists Ars Antiqua Austria Gunar Letzbor J S Bach Violin Concertos BWV 1041 1043 Psalm 51 BWV 1083 after Pergolesi s Stabat Mater Pan Classics 1995 Monika Frimmer Kai Wessel Neue Hofkapelle Munchen Christian Brembeck Bach amp die Italiener Christophorus 1996 Maya Boog Michael Chance Balthasar Neumann Ensemble Thomas Hengelbrock Scarlatti Bach Durante Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 1998 Christiane Oelze Birgit Remmert Gachinger Kantorei Bach Collegium Stuttgart Helmuth Rilling Edition Bachakademie Vol 73 Hanssler 1999 Marjon Strijk Sytse Buwalda Netherlands Bach Collegium Pieter Jan Leusink Bach Edition Vol 17 Brilliant Classics 2000 Karina Gauvin Daniel Taylor Les Violons du Roy Bernard Labadie Bach Psaume 51 d apres le Stabat Mater de Pergolesi Cantate BWV 82 Ich habe genug ATMA 2004 Emma Kirkby Daniel Taylor Theatre of Early Music Taylor Stabat Mater BIS 2006 Carolyn Sampson Robin Blaze Bach Collegium Japan Masaaki Suzuki J S Bach Secular Cantatas Vol 6 Trauerode BIS 2181 SACD CD 2015 Celine Scheen Damien Guillon Le Banquet Celeste Guillon J S Bach Psalm 51 BWV 1083 after Pergolesi s Stabat Mater Glossa GCD 923701 2016 References edit Hellmann 1989 p 11 a b c d e f g Hellmann 1989 p 7 a b c d Tilge Hochster meine Sunden BWV 1083 at Bach Digital Lyrics of Tilge Hochster meine Sunden at Bach Digital Tilge Hochster meine Sunden at The LiederNet Archive a b c Tilge Hochester meine Sunden at Bach Cantatas Website D B Mus ms 30199 Fascicle 14 Bach Digital Leipzig Bach Archive et al 2020 01 31 Platen 1961 p 35 Jurgen Heidrich Protestantische Kirchenmusikanschauung in der zweiten Halfte des 18 Jahrhunderts Studien zur Ideengeschichte wahrer Kirchenmusik p 65 Vandenhoeck amp Ruprecht 2001 ISBN 978 3 525 27906 9 a b Hellmann 1989 p 11 12 a b c d e Hellmann 1989 p 8 a b Hellmann 1989 p 9 Clemens Romijn Liner notes for Tilge Hochster meine Sunden BWV 1083 after Pergolesi s Stabat Mater Brilliant Classics 2000 2014 reissue J S Bach Complete Edition Liner notes p 54 Hellmann 1989 p 7 8 Carus 2023 a b Hellmann 1989 p 10 Sources editHellmann Diethard ed 1989 Tilge Hochster meine Sunden Psalm 51 nach dem Stabat Mater von based on the Stabat Mater by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi BWV 1083 PDF Carus Verlag pp 7 10 Platen Emil 1961 Eine Pergolesi Bearbeitung Bachs An arrangement of Pergolesi by Bach In Durr Alfred Neumann Werner eds Bach Jahrbuch 1961 Bach Yearbook 1961 Bach Jahrbuch in German Vol 48 Berlin Evangelische Verlagsanstalt published 1962 pp 35 51 doi 10 13141 bjb v1961 Digital version at Qucosa de a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint postscript link Johann Sebastian Bach Tilge Hochster meine Sunden Carus Verlag 1961 Retrieved 2 March 2023 External links editTilge Hochster meine Sunden BWV 1083 Scores at the International Music Score Library Project Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tilge Hochster meine Sunden BWV 1083 amp oldid 1203388640, 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