7. Hat er es denn beschlossen

From In allen meinen Taten, BWV 97, Versus 7

Composer	Johann Sebastian Bach
Key	E flat major
Meter	3/4
Length	101 measures

German text	English translation
Hat er es denn beschlossen,	If he has determined it so,
So will ich unverdrossen	Then I will go unwearily
An mein Verhängnis gehn!	About my [God-given] lot.
Kein Unfall unter allen	Not one mishap among them all
Soll mir zu harte fallen,	Shall come down too harshly on me;
Ich will ihn überstehn.	I will endure it.
	transl. Michael Marissen and Daniel R. Melamed

About the text

• Author: Unknown
• Based on the 1642 hymn by Paul Fleming

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Resources

• Full score: Neue Bach-Ausgabe I/34, p. 227
• Background: Alfred Dürr, Cantatas of J. S. Bach (Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 787
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• Scores at IMSLP ›
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