Meine Seele rühmt und preist, BWV 189


Meine Seele rühmt und preist,, is a church cantata credited to Johann Sebastian Bach and Melchior Hoffmann.

History and text

This is a solo cantata composed for the Feast of the Visitation of Mary. The prescribed readings for the day were, and. The librettist of the work is unknown. The German text of the cantata is a paraphrase of the Magnificat.
An old largely lost source attributes the cantata to Melchior Hoffmann. 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.

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"
  2. Recitative "Denn seh' ich mich und auch mein Leben an"
  3. Aria "Gott hat sich hoch gesetzet"
  4. Recitative "O wass vor grosse Dinge treff ich an allen Orten an"
  5. Aria "Deine Güte, dein Erbarmen"

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