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Mass in b minor, BWV 232

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Original Text

English Translation

Original Text

Chorus

Kyrie eleison.

Soprano & Alto Duet

Christe eleison.

Chorus

Kyrie eleison.

Chorus

Gloria in excelsis Deo.

Chorus

Et in terra pax
hominibus bonæ voluntatis.

Soprano Aria

Laudamus te; benedicimus te;
adoramus te; glorificamus te.

Chorus

Gratias agimus tibi
propter magnam gloriam tuam.

Soprano & Tenor Duet

Domine Deus, Rex coelestis,
Deus Pater omnipotens.
Domine Fili unigenite Jesu Christe.
Domine Deus, Agnus Dei,
Filius Patris.

Chorus

Qui tollis peccata mundi,
miserere nobis.
Qui tollis peccata mundi,
suscipe deprecationem nostram.

Alto Aria

Qui sedes ad dextram Patris,
O miserere nobis.

Bass Aria

Quoniam tu solus Sanctus,
tu solus Dominus,
tu solus Altissimus, Jesu Christe.

Chorus

Cum Sancto Spiritu
in gloria Dei Patris.
Amen.

Chorus

Credo in unum Deum.

Chorus

Patrem omnipotentem,
factorem coeli et terrae,
visibilium omnium et invisibilium.

Soprano & Alto Duet

Et in unum Dominum Jesum Christum,
Filium Dei unigenitum,
Et ex Patre natum ante omnia sæcula.
Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine,
Deum verum de Deo vero,
Genitum non factum,
consubstantialem Patri:
per quem omnia facta sunt.
Qui propter nos homines,
et propter nostram salutem
descendit de coelis.

Chorus

Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto
ex Maria Virgine: et homo factus est.

Chorus

Crucifixus etiam pro nobis
sub Pontio Pilato,
passus et sepultus est.

Chorus

Et resurrexit tertia die
secundum Scripturas.
Et ascendit in coelum:
sedet ad dexteram Patris.
Et iterum venturus est cum gloria,
judicare vivos et mortuos:
cujus regni non erit finis.

Bass Aria

Et in Spiritum Sanctum,
Dominum, et vivificantem:
qui ex Patre Filioque procedit.
Qui cum Patre et Filio simul
adoratur et conglorificatur:
qui locutus est per Prophetas.
Credo in unam sanctam
catholicam et apostolicam Ecclesiam.

Chorus

Confiteor unum baptisma,
in remissionem peccatorum.

Chorus

Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum
et vitam venturi sæculi.
Amen.

Chorus

Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus,
Dominus Deus Sabaoth.
Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua.

Chorus

Osanna in excelsis.

Tenor Aria

Benedictus qui venit
in nomine Domini.

Chorus

Osanna in excelsis.

Alto Aria

Agnus Dei,
qui tollis peccata mundi,
miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei.

Chorus

Dona nobis pacem.

English Translation

 

Lord, have mercy.

 

Christ, have mercy.

 

Lord, have mercy.

 

Glory be to God in the highest.

 

And in earth peace
to men of good will.

 

We praise Thee; we bless Thee;
we worship Thee; we glorify Thee.

 

We give thanks to Thee
for Thy great glory.

 

O Lord God, Heavenly King,
God the Father Almighty.
O Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son.
Lord God, Lamb of God,
Son of the Father.

 

Thou that takest away the sins of the world,
have mercy upon us.
Thou that takest away the sins of the world,
receive our prayer.

 

Thou that sittest at the right hand of the Father,
have mercy upon us.

 

For thou only art holy,
thou only art the Lord,
thou only art the most high, Jesus Christ.

 

Together with the Holy Ghost
in the glory of God the Father.
Amen.

 

I believe in one God.

 

The Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
and of all things visible and invisible.

 

And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only begotten Son of God,
begotten of the Father before all worlds;
God of God, light of light,
true God of true God,
begotten not made;
being of one substance with the Father,
by Whom all things were made.
Who for us men
and for our salvation
descended from heaven.

 

And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost,
of the Virgin Mary, and was made man.

 

He was crucified also for us,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
and was buried.

 

And on the third day He rose again
according to the Scriptures:
and ascended into heaven.
He sitteth at the right hand of the Father;
and He shall come again with glory
to judge the living and the dead;
and His kingdom shall have no end.

 

And I believe in the Holy Ghost,
the Lord and giver of life,
Who prodeedeth from the Father and the Son,
Who with the Father and the Son together
is worshipped and glorified;
who spoke by the Prophets.
And I believe in one holy
catholic and apostolic Church.

 

I acknowledge one baptism
for the remission of sins.

 

And I await the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come.
Amen.

 

Holy, Holy, Holy,
Lord God of Hosts.
Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory.

 

Hosanna in the highest.

 

Blessed is He that cometh
in the name of the Lord.

 

Hosanna in the highest.

 

Lamb of God,
Who takest away the sins of the world,
have mercy upon us.
Lamb of God.

 

Grant us peace.


These pieces were performed by the SFBC in J.S. Bach Mass in b minor on March 21, 1998.


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