J.S. Bach - BWV 643 - Alle Menschen müssen sterben
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à la fois doux et sincère : .. ce doit être vrai alors ?
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Toutes cette "collection" représente un travail remarquable Chapeau Toxiconegro
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@MusicPredominates Why should I? My comments are both accurate and relevant.
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@MusicPredominates In their cluelessness, they are confounded by such preludes as "Alle Menschen muessen sterben", which they incorrectly assume to be about death, even when they hear the sweet diatonic harmonies and repeated bliss motif, and "Jesu meine Freude", which they incorrectly assume to be about joy even when they hear the largo tempo, grating dissonances, and repeated sigh motif.
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@MusicPredominates I was not attacking anything you wrote. I was merely pointing out that many people naively assume a chorale prelude is simply a mood piece romantically inspired by the words in the title. These same people scratch their heads when they cannot reconcile the mood of the music with the sentiment of the title...
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@MusicPredominates I ALSO wrote a very insightful comment. The title of EVERY chorale prelude is taken from the title of the chorale, which always taken from the 1st line of the 1st verse. After hearing this "merry" prelude, the congegration would sing all 7 verses of "All Men Must Die", which is not about death, but about the BLISS that awaits (only) the FAITHFUL (not all men) after death, which you'd realize if you bothered to read the damn hymn. I quoted the last 2 verses for you.
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@MusicPredominates Hello. You are not comprehending ! You need only read hymn verses 6 and 7 (which I quoted for you) to see that it is not "a hymn about death." After playing the prelude, the congregation would have sung all 7 verses of the hymn. It is very naive to assume the hymn is about death just because the hymn title (which is simply the 1st line of the hymn) is "all men must die."
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PINHAS38 2 years ago 5
@MusicPredominates
To be honest, I asked myself the same question but couldn't find a good reason for it. Now it makes sense: death as a relief and expectation to something superior. Thanks for that.
toxiconegro 1 year ago