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Text for Cantata 191
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
ERSTER TEIL (Part 1)
1. CORO
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Glory to God in the highest,
Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.
And on earth peace, good will toward men.
ZWEITER TEIL (Part 2)
2. DUETTO SOPRANO E TENORE
Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui sancto.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit.
3. CORO
Sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper
As it was in the beginning, is now
et in saecula saeculorum, amen.
and ever will be, Amen.
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COMPOSED: ? 1733 (Leipzig) for Christmas Day
LIBRETTO: Mvt. 1. Luke 2:14; Mvts. 2 & 3. The Doxology.
TRANSLATION: public domain.
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