Were God not with us here today (War Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit)

By Dietrich Buxtehude

Instrument:

Choir

Piano and Keyboard

Ensemble:

4-Part

Mixed Choir

SATB

Format:

Part

Series:

Hymns by Martin Luther

Publisher:

Carus Verlag

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SATB choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Composed by Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707). Edited by Thomas Schlage. Hymns by Martin Luther: War Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit. War Gott Nicht Mit Uns Diese Zeit 102. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas. Single Part, basso continuo. BuxWV 102. 4 pages. Duration 4 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 36.017/13. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3601713).

Item Number: CA.3601713

ISBN 9790007213817. Language: German. Text: Luther, Martin.

This setting of Luther's hymn perfectly typifies the basic concept of a chorale cantata as Buxtehude probably envisaged it. The first two verses are set, line by line, in a four-part homophonic texture. The two violins add interludes to the chorale, and lead in a kind of ritornello to the next verse. In the third and last verse Buxtehude departs from this model as the violins also play the chorale, and in which the lines of the hymn follow each other without a break. This cantata has come down to us in a tabulatur from the Duben Collection. It belongs in the context of a number of chorale cantatas which were copied around 1685. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3601700.