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Cantata BWV 200
Bekennen will ich seinen Namen
English Translation in Interlinear Format
Cantata BWV 200 - I want to acknowledge his name

Event: Cantata [Fragment] for the Feast of Purification of Mary
Readings: Epistle: Malachi 3: 1-4; Gospel: Luke 2: 22-32
Text: Anon
Original Composer: Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (Gotha, 1720)

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Aria [Alto]

Violino I/II, Continuo

Bekennen will ich seinen Namen,
I want to acknowledge his name,
Er ist der Herr, er ist der Christ,
he is the Lord, he is the Christ,
In welchem aller Völker Samen
in whom the seed of all nations
Gesegnet und erlöset ist.
is blessed and redeemed.
Kein Tod raubt mir die Zuversicht:
No death will rob me of the reassurance:
Der Herr ist meines Lebens Licht.
the Lord is the light of my life.

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This Translation in Parallel Format

English Translation by Francis Browne (August 2003)
Contributed by Francis Browne (August 2003)

Cantata BWV 200: Bekennen will ich seinen Namen for Feast of Purification of Mary (c1742)
Discography: Details & Complete Recordings
Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

BWV 200 Text: German-1 | German-6 | German-7 | NBA Text
Translations: English-1 | English-3I | English-3P | English-6 | English-10 | English-14
Catalan-1 | Chinese-2 | Danish-1 | Dutch-0 | French-5 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Indonesian-1 | Italian-2 | Lithuanian-1 | Polish-1 | Polish-2 | Russian-1 | Spanish-4 | Spanish/English-8

Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: Short Biography | Recordings of Vocal Works
Works: Cantata BWV 200 | Bist du bei mir BWV 508 | Brockes-Passion
Discussions: Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel & Bach | Article: Is there another cantata cycle by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel that belonged to Bach’s performance repertoire? [Bach-Jahrbuch 2009]
List of Stölzel's cantatas performed by Bach: Cantata Cycle "Saiten-Spiel des Herzens" | Cantata Cycle "Namen-Buch Christi und der Christen"

Non-Bach Cantatas: Details & Discographies: BWV 15 | BWV 53 | BWV 141 | BWV 142 | BWV 160 | BWV 189 | BWV 200 | BWV 217 | BWV 218 | BWV 219 | BWV 220 | BWV 221 | BWV 222
Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

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Texts & Translations: Main Page | Cantatas BWV 1-50 | Cantatas BWV 51-100 | Cantatas BWV 101-150 | Cantatas BWV 151-200 | Cantatas BWV 201-224 | Other Vocal BWV 225-249 | Chorales BWV 250-438 | Geistliche Lieder BWV 439-507 | AMN BWV 508-524 | Other Vocal 1081-1164 | BWV Anh | Chorale Texts | Emblemata | Sources | Poets & Composers
Discussions: Texts: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Translations: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4




 

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