Johann Sebastian Bach / Dame Myra Hess - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (c. 1920s)
The original of this consoling piece is the last movement from Bach’s Cantata No. 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben. The underlying chorale melody was extracted from Johann Schop’s Werde munter, mein Gemüthe (1642). Bach harmonised it for chorus, with trumpet doubling the melody, and strings, continuo as well as oboes accompanying… [135 more words]
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