Das ist je gewißlich wahr, SWV 277 (Heinrich Schütz)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2018-05-24). Score information: A4, 13 pages, 133 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from the Spitta edition on IMSLP. Clefs modernised and note values halved in the triple-time sections. Includes Basso continuo.
- Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2006-01-07). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 146 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Original version composed in 1630; the final Amen cadence is considerably more ornate than the later revision. Edition revised 8 April 2006 to correct a textual error in Soprano 2, bar 107; and 13 February 2008 to add sharp before Soprano 2, bar 74, note 1.
- Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.
General Information
Title: Das ist je gewißlich wahr, SWV 277
Composer: Heinrich Schütz
Source of text: 1 Timothy 1:15-16
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: German
Instruments: A cappella
{{Published}} is obsolete (code commented out), replaced with {{Pub}} for works and {{PubDatePlace}} for publications., Funeral motet for J.H. Schein
Description: Burial motet composed in 1630 on the death of Johann Hermann Schein, and published in 1631. Slightly revised and re-published in Geistliche Chormusik, Dresden, 1648.
Original text and translations
German text 15 Das ist je gewißlich wahr und ein teuer wertes Wort, daß Christus Jesus kommen ist in die Welt, die Sünder selig zu machen, unter welchen ich der fürnehmste bin. |
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