BWV 200
Composer |
Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
Key |
E major |
Meter |
4/4 |
Structure |
none |
Length |
48 measures |
German text |
English translation |
|---|---|
Bekennen will ich seinen Namen, |
I will acknowledge His name, |
Er ist der Herr, er ist der Christ, |
He is the Lord, He is the Christ, |
In welchem aller Völker Samen |
in whom the seed of all people |
Gesegnet und erlöset ist. |
is blessed and redeemed. |
Kein Tod raubt mir die Zuversicht: |
No death robs me of this confidence: |
Der Herr ist meines Lebens Licht. |
the Lord is the light of my life. |
Bekennen will ich seinen Namen (I shall acknowledge His name), BWV 200, is an arrangement by Johann Sebastian Bach of the aria Dein Kreuz, o Bräutgam meiner Seelen” contained in Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel’s passion-oratorio Die leidende und am Kreuz sterbende Liebe.12 Bach’s arrangement, dated around 1742–1743,3 was possibly part of a cantata for the feast of Purification of the Virgin Mary. ” Wikipedia