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J.S.BACHBy: Anastasia Sajbel

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BASIC SONG BACKGROUND

Many people think it is composed by J.S. Bach because it’s part of his Anna Magdalena

Notebook More likely composed by Gottfried Stölzel

Anonymous text The melody was first performed in 1719

opera Baroque style

COMPOSER BACKGROUND

Bach lived 1685-1750 4Stölzel lived 1690-179 Bach from a musical German family composed many pieces for organ,

harpsichord, orchestra, chamber music and for Lutheran church services.

He composed in the baroque style

TEXT

Bist du bei mir, geh’ ich mit freuden zum sterbenund zu meinerRuh’, zum Sterben und zu meiner Ruh’. Bist du bei mir, get’ ich mit Freden zum Sterber und Zu meiner Ruh’, zum Sterberund zu meiner Ruh’. Ach, wie vergügt wär’ so mein ende es drückten deine schönen Hände mir…….

“If you are with me, than I will go gladly unto my death and to my rest. Ah, what a pleasant end for me, if your dear hands be the last I see, closing shut my faithful eyes to rest!”

Rest and death are important words

MUSICAL ANALYSIS

for medium voice in a major key Occasional accidentals It’s a not a sad part of melody even though it

is dying with the Peron you love

WHY I LIKE THIS PIECE

I like a moving 8th note passages It song at many weddings I like it because it is in a happy key