Text for Magnificat, BWV 243
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. CORO
Magnificat anima mea Dominum.
My soul magnifies the Lord.
2. SOPRANO II ARIA
Et exultavit spiritus meus in Deo salutari meo.
And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.
3. SOPRANO I ARIA
Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae;
For he has regarded the low estate of his hand-maiden;
ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent.
behold, henceforth [all generations] shall call me blessed.
4. CORO
Omnes generationes.
All generations.
5. BASSO ARIA
Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est, et sanctum nomen eius.
For he that is mighty has done great things for me; and holy is his name.
6. ALTO E TENOR DUETTO
Et misericordia a progenie in progenies timentibus eum.
And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
7. CORO
Fecit potentiam in brachio suo,
He has shown strength with his arm;
dispersit superbos mente cordis sui.
He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
8. TENORE ARIA
Deposuit potentes de sede et exaltavit humiles.
He has put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
9. ALTO ARIA
Esurientes implevit bonis et divites dismisit inanes.
He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent empty away.
10. TRIO (SOPRANO I E II AND ALTO) TERZETTO
Suscepit Israel puerum suum, recordatus misericordiae suae.
He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy.
11. CORO
Sicut locutus est ad Patres nostros, Abraham et semini eius in secula.
As he has spoken to our fathers, to Abraham, and his seed forever.
12. CORO
Gloria, Patri, gloria Filio, gloria et Spiritui sancto!
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost!
Sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
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COMPOSED: December 25, 1723 for Christmas Day Vespers (in E-flat Major), redone Leipzig; ca. 1728-1731 (D Major).
TEXT: Luke 1:46-55
