Herr, neige deine Himmel und fahr herab, SWV 361 (Heinrich Schütz)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2018-07-11). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 117 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from the Spitta edition on IMSLP. Note values halved in the triple-time section.
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Title: Herr, neige deine Himmel und fahr herab, SWV 361
Composer: Heinrich Schütz
Lyricist: Psalm 144 :5-7 & 9
Number of voices: 2vv Voicing: BB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: German
Instruments: Basso continuo, with 2 violins
First published: 1647 in Symphoniae sacrae II, Op. 10, no. 21
2nd published: 1888 in Heinrich Schütz: Sämtliche Werke, Volume 7, no. 21
3rd published: 1965 in Neue Schütz-Ausgabe, Volume 16, no. 9
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Original text and translations
German text 5 Herr, neige deine Himmel und fahr herab. Taste die Berge an, so rauchen sie, |
English translation 5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. |