weinen klagen sorgen zagen

English translation: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen is the name of a Bach Cantanta and is not translated

00:37 Mar 23, 2003
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English translation:Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen is the name of a Bach Cantanta and is not translated
Explanation:
. The remarkable Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, based on a theme from
a Bach cantata, mourns the death of his elder daughter Blandine. ...
www.hnh.com/composer/liszt.htm - 8k



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Note added at 2003-03-23 00:57:53 (GMT)
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read: cantata (is nearly 2 am...)

The chorus \"Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen\" is excellent - it is expecially here where the almost vibratoless sound of the ensemble is so important to bring out ...
www.geocities.com/johan_van_veen/cd_reviews/ Harmoniamundi_HMC901694.html - 10k


These 2 do provide the English meaning but the title remains in German:

Cantata 12, \"Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen\", BWV 12; \"Weeping, wailing, grieving, fearing\"; Gächinger Kantorei, Helmuth Rilling; Bach-Collegium of Stuttgart ...
www.vpr.net/music/listings/sunday_bach/050601.shtml - 33k

And what better depiction of mood and actual word meaning than Bach\'s opening chorus of BWV 12--\"Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen\" (\"Weeping, lamenting, worrying, fearing\"), with its penetrating succession of suspensions, dissonances, and resolutions?
http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=1384


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4 +6Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen is the name of a Bach Cantanta and is not translated
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4 +1see translation below
Ron Stelter


  

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see translation below


Explanation:
cry

lament

worry

hesitate

Ron Stelter
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Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen is the name of a Bach Cantanta and is not translated


Explanation:
. The remarkable Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, based on a theme from
a Bach cantata, mourns the death of his elder daughter Blandine. ...
www.hnh.com/composer/liszt.htm - 8k



--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2003-03-23 00:57:53 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

read: cantata (is nearly 2 am...)

The chorus \"Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen\" is excellent - it is expecially here where the almost vibratoless sound of the ensemble is so important to bring out ...
www.geocities.com/johan_van_veen/cd_reviews/ Harmoniamundi_HMC901694.html - 10k


These 2 do provide the English meaning but the title remains in German:

Cantata 12, \"Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen\", BWV 12; \"Weeping, wailing, grieving, fearing\"; Gächinger Kantorei, Helmuth Rilling; Bach-Collegium of Stuttgart ...
www.vpr.net/music/listings/sunday_bach/050601.shtml - 33k

And what better depiction of mood and actual word meaning than Bach\'s opening chorus of BWV 12--\"Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen\" (\"Weeping, lamenting, worrying, fearing\"), with its penetrating succession of suspensions, dissonances, and resolutions?
http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=1384




writeaway
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Thank you all so kindly!

D.

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