Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf, BWV 226 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
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- Editor: Gary D. Cannon (submitted 2020-06-03). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 82 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Instrumental part for continuo cello
- Editor: Gary D. Cannon (submitted 2020-06-03). Score information: Letter, 28 pages, 263 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Identical to CPDL #59004, but in larger type, and transposed to A major, so to aid singers with perfect pitch when singing at Baroque pitch.
- Editor: Gary D. Cannon (submitted 2020-06-03). Score information: Letter, 16 pages, 248 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Identical to CPDL #59004, but transposed to A major, so to aid singers with perfect pitch when singing at Baroque pitch.
- Editor: Gary D. Cannon (submitted 2020-06-03). Score information: Letter, 28 pages, 261 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Identical to CPDL# 59004, but in larger print.
- Editor: Gary D. Cannon (submitted 2020-06-03). Score information: Letter, 16 pages, 246 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes:
- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2001-02-06). Score information: A4, 20 pages, 487 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Updated 2016-11-03. Score error fixed.
Chorale only
- Editor: Arno Rog (submitted 2001-05-04). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 34 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Du heilige Brunst replaced with verse 1 Komm, heiliger Geist. File recovered using the WayBackMachine of http://archive.org
General Information
Title: Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Text source: Romans 8:26-27 & stanza 3 of Luther's 'Komm, heiliger Geist'
Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: SATB.SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: German
Instruments: A cappella (Bach also prepared parts for colla parte strings and oboes/bassoon with basso continuo)
First published: 1892 in Bach’s Werke, Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe 39
Opus: BWV 226, 3 movements
Description: There is some controversy on whether the concluding chorale was intended as part of the same composition (see Melamed in Cambridge Bach Companion)
External websites:
- Free choir training aids for this work are available at Choralia.
Original text and translations
German text Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, |
French translation L'esprit vient en aide à notre faiblesse, |
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- String ensemble accompaniment
- Basso continuo
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