From Ihr werdet weinen und heulen, BWV 103
Composer |
Johann Sebastian Bach |
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Key |
b minor |
Meter |
3/4 → 4/4 |
Length |
155 measures |
German text |
English translation |
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Ihr werdet weinen und heulen, aber die Welt wird sich freuen. |
You shall weep and wail, but the world will rejoice. |
—Ihr aber werdet traurig sein. |
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Doch eure Traurigkeit soll in Freude verkehret werden.— |
—But you will be sorrowful. |
(John 16:20) |
Yet your sorrow shall be changed into joy,— |
translation © Pamela Dellal, courtesy Emmanuel Music Inc. |
1731: version with Violino (solo) or Flauto traverso (solo), see Appendix (Neue Bach-Ausgabe I/11.2, p. 59)
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