About this work
Long published under Johann Sebastian Bach’s name as BWV 189, Meine Seele rühmt und preist is now attributed to Melchior Hoffmann. This cantata for the Visitation paraphrases the Magnificat and entrusts its entire course to a solo tenor accompanied by flute, oboe, violin and continuo.
Its five movements alternate three arias with two recitatives. The opening aria sets a spacious vocal line above a concertante instrumental texture; the recitatives then bring the words to the foreground. The final aria, Deine Güte, dein Erbarmen, closes without chorus or chorale and retains the same chamber scale.
The tenor should clearly distinguish the momentum of the arias from the recitatives’ more direct speech. In the concertante movements, flute, oboe and violin need to remain audible without breaking the pulse. Build the long phrases from the continuo, then align breaths so that the line remains supple through each cadence.
What the document containsDocument: The document contains 12 pages in PDF format. No MIDI file is currently attached to this historical record. The 12-page PDF contains all five movements; its old heading still attributes the work to Bach, whereas it is now assigned to Melchior Hoffmann.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.