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Es ist erschienen die heilsame Gnade Gottes [For the grace of God] (Titus 2:11-14) – Heinrich Schütz

Posted on August 12, 2012 Posted in Schütz, Heinrich (1585-1672)

Heinrich Schütz, c. 1650-1660 (Leipzig), by Ch... — Heinrich Schütz, c. 1650-1660 (Leipzig), by Christoph Spetner (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

¹¹For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

¹²Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

¹³Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

¹⁴Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

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Es ist erschienen die heilsame Gnade Gottes (1648) from Geistliche Chor-Music by Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

WCC - Kammerchor des KFG Heidelberg - Es ist erschienen die heilsame Gnade Gottes

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MP3: Es ist erschienen die heilsame Gnade Gottes / Heinrich Schütz / SWV 371 / BIS

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Motette Nr.3 aus “Geistliche Chormusik 1648.” Edited by Wilhelm Kamlah. For SATB choir/basso continuo ad lib.. This edition: Stapled, Urtext edition. Basso continuo-vocie see BA 500 67(Organ) und BA 500 86(Cello/Contrabass/Bassoon). Sacred. Level 3. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag.

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If ye be risen again with Christ (Colossians 3:1-4) – Orlando Gibbons

Posted on August 5, 2012 Posted in Gibbons, Orlando (1583-1625)

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Colossians 3:1-4

¹If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

²Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

³For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

⁴When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

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If ye be risen again with Christ (pre 1620), by Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

[Hamoritai] If ye be risen again with Christ / O. Gibbons

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MP3: If ye be risen again with Christ / Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge / Chandos

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For SSA Choir, SATB (SSA). Music Sales America. Sacred. 12 pages. Published by Novello & Co Ltd.

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Let mine eyes run down with tears (Jeremiah 14:17-22) – Henry Purcell

Posted on July 29, 2012 Posted in Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)

Jeremiah 14:17-22

¹⁷Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

¹⁸If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.

¹⁹Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

²⁰We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

²¹Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

²²Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

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Let mine eyes run down with tears (c. 1682), by Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Purcell: Let Mine Eyes Run Down with Tears, Z. 24: I. Let Mine Eyes Run Down with Tears