About this work
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben was performed in Leipzig for the Visitation in 1723, reshaping an earlier Weimar cantata. Its ten movements form two parts intended to surround the sermon. A large chorus opens the work, and two settings of the same chorale tune close the respective halves.
The latter setting, Jesus bleibet meine Freude, became famous on its own. Within the cantata, however, its instrumental sway answers Wohl mir, daß ich Jesum habe from the first part. Between them, recitatives and arias continually change perspective, moving from oboe d’amore to solo violin and then trumpet.
To make the design clear, give the two chorales related articulation and breathing without making them identical. The opening chorus needs firm entries that remain connected to the phrase. In the arias, allow each obbligato instrument to lead an independent line rather than merely doubling the singer.
What the document containsDocument: The document contains 53 pages in PDF format. No MIDI file is currently attached to this historical record. The 53-page full score contains all ten movements in both parts of the cantata, not only the chorale Jesus bleibet meine Freude.The historical record marks the work and file as public domain but does not document the editor or exact provenance of this copy. The file preserved by LesPartitions.info can be compared with the reference catalogue. Following that check, LesPartitions.info separates established facts from information that remains incomplete.