I translated "Mein Leib neigt täglich sich zur Erden" as "My body daily bends to the earth." To musically demonstrate this bending to the earth, the melody is descending.
Monday, February 8, 2016
Bach: Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben?, BWV 8
This morning I listened to Bach's Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben?, BWV 8, and I noticed something in the second movement. There's a section of the text that recurs a few times; here it is in measures 60-69:
(notation found here)
I translated "Mein Leib neigt täglich sich zur Erden" as "My body daily bends to the earth." To musically demonstrate this bending to the earth, the melody is descending.
I translated "Mein Leib neigt täglich sich zur Erden" as "My body daily bends to the earth." To musically demonstrate this bending to the earth, the melody is descending.
